With high temperature-heat treatment, the dimensional stability and durability of wood is improved and wood color is darkened as well. In this paper, alder birch wood (Betula alnoides) was treated by the ThermoVacuum Treatment (TVT). The changes of wood color parameters and the chemical composition were determined by the CIE1976 L*a*b* method and the chemical analysis method, respectively. The ...

OBJECTIVE To review our initial experience with the new system TVT-Secur for the stress urinary incontinence. To evaluate the feasibility, efficacy and main advantages of the surgical correction with the new device. METHOD Between January and May of 2007, 16 TVT-Secur (Women's Health & Urology, Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson) were made in patients of the Urogynecology Unit, of Clinica Las Condes....

BACKGROUND Facing the fact that 20% of the parturient women suffer urinary stress incontinence, urogynecologists are constantly searching for simple, safe and effective ways to cure the underlying pelvic floor herniation. A novel surgical technique was reported lately to entail both high therapeutic rates and low complication rates. AIM To evaluate preliminary data from the first 100 TVT-Obtu...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the two types of mid-urethral slings for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) with intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD). METHODS This retrospective study included patients who underwent tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure or transobturator tape (TOT) procedure by a single surgeon for SUI with ISD, defined as Valsalva leak point pressure (VLPP...

AIM Urethral pressure reflectometry (UPR) is a new method for measuring pressure and cross-sectional area in the urethra. Our aim was to investigate if the UPR parameters at rest and during squeeze were unchanged after TVT. METHODS The technique enables measurement along the entire length of the urethra simultaneously and avoids the common artefacts encountered with conventional catheters. Tw...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether preoperative urethral resistance pressure (URP) measurements could predict success or failure of a tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) sling. METHODS Subjects came from a previously published study comparing URP measurements to a validated urinary incontinence symptom survey (UISS). We contacted patients from that study to determine whether they had subsequently und...

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of correction of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) using either Transobturator tape (TOT) or Tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure on females’ sexual function. Patients and Methods: The study included 80 women with SUI; 40 underwent TVT and 40 underwent TOT and completed preoperative Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Function Questionnaire ...

Occult bladder injury may sometimes go unrecognized during tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedures. We report a case of occult intraperitoneal bladder injury that occurred during a TVT procedure. There was no sign of bladder perforation on the initial cystoscopy, which was performed just after the insertion of the trocar. Signs of general peritonitis appeared after the patient started to voi...