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

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...

Tension-free vaginal tape versus transobturator tape as surgery for stress urinary incontinence: results of a multicentre randomised trial.

OBJECTIVES This prospective, multicentre, randomised study compared the safety and success rate of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and transobturator tape (TOT) in treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. METHODS Of 148 women, 73 were randomised to TVT and 75 to TOT. Preoperative workups included case history, clinical examination, Urogenital Distress Inventory and Impact Incontinence...

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...

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

Tension-free vaginal tape: outcomes among women with primary versus recurrent stress urinary incontinence.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcomes of tension-free vaginal tape in the treatment of primary versus recurrent genuine stress urinary incontinence. METHODS A retrospective, multicenter study of 245 consecutive women who were treated with tension-free vaginal tape for genuine stress urinary incontinence (157 for primary and 88 for recurrent genuine stress urinary incontinence) over a 27-month pe...

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...