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

[Novel surgical procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence by using transobturator vaginal tape].

INTRODUCTION/AIM Current method in the treatment of female urinary incontinence implies the placement of tension-free suburethral vaginal tape, using a retropubic or transobturator approach. Considering numerous complications related to retropubic approach, we reported the results of transobturator procedure in prospective study. METHODS We used a non-absorbable polypropylene tape with the ou...

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

Use of transobturator suburethral tape for surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence in a renal transplant patient.

Female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is being treated successfully with placement of tension-free vaginal tape.The use of synthetic mesh in renal transplant patients is rarely reported. No case of surgical treatment of SUI in a renal transplant patient using transobturator suburethral tape is listed on MEDLINE. The transobturator tape technique is a minimally invasive procedure that avoids ...

Tension-free Vaginal Tape versus Transobturator Tape: Tightening of the Strings?

Hypothesis / aims of study Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a common problem for women. SUI has proven to have a negative impact on the quality of life for women suffering from this condition. Treatment of the condition consists mainly of physiotherapy and/or operative treatment. Nowadays the midurethral sling is the operative procedure of first choice. This sling can be placed by two diffe...

Outcome of Treatment of Anterior Vaginal Wall Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence with Transobturator Tension-Free Vaginal Mesh (Prolift) and Concomitant Tension-Free Vaginal Tape-Obturator

Objective. It is to assess the feasibility, effectiveness, and safety of transobturator tension-free vaginal mesh (Prolift) and concomitant tension-free vaginal tape-obturator (TVT-O) system as a treatment of female anterior vaginal wall prolapse associated with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Patients and Methods. Between December 2006 and July 2007, 20 patients with anterior genital prolap...