Tension-Free Vaginal Tape, Transobturator Tape, and Own Modification of Transobturator Tape in the Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Comparative Analysis

Tension-Free Vaginal Tape, Transobturator Tape, and Own Modification of Transobturator Tape in the Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Comparative Analysis

INTRODUCTION This study is a comparative evaluation of the TVT, TOT, and our own modification of TOT (mTOT) in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence from a single center experience. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was conducted on 527 patients with SUI diagnosed on the basis of urodynamic studies. They were divided into three groups--TVT: n=142, (TOT): n=129, and mTOT: n=256. All...

Comparison of Tension-free Vaginal Tape Versus Transobturator Tape in Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence

1Correspondence: Zinat Ghanbari, Vali-e-Asr Reproductive Health Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Keshavarz Blvd., Tehran, 14194, Iran. Tel: +98-2166939320 Fax: +98-2166937321 E-mail: [email protected] described by Ulmsten in 1995 and is currently used as a standard minimally invasive procedure (1). Delorme (2) first described suburethral placement of a tape or the Transobturator ta...

comparison of tension-free vaginal tape versus transobturator tape in women with stress urinary incontinence

objective: this study compared the tension-free vaginal tape (tvt) and transobturator tape (tot) procedures for surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women. materials and methods: this prospective non randomized clinical trial was conducted in vali-e-asr hospital from march 2001 to march 2005. a total of 71 patients with clinical and urodynamic diagnosis of stress urinary inconti...

Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Versus Transobturator Tape for Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: A 2-Year Follow-Up Investigation

Comparison of tension-free vaginal tape and transobturator tape procedure for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this review was to assess the recent evidence on the effectiveness and complications of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and transobturator tape (TOT) procedures for female stress urinary incontinence between January 2008 and March 2009. RECENT FINDINGS A meta-analysis of recent studies revealed that the short-term objective cure rate was borderline worse in the TO...