OBJECTIVE The present work describes our experience in surgical correction of stress urinary incontinence, comparing both the TVT and the TVT-O techniques. METHOD Between October 2001 and March 2004, 76 patients underwent the TVT procedure. Between January 2004 and January 2005, 98 surgical corrections of urinary incontinence were carried out using the TVT-O technique. RESULTS Median operat...

PURPOSE To assess the efficacy and safety of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT)-Secur for stress urinary incontinence (SUI). METHODS A literature review was performed to identify all published trials of TVT-Secur. The search included the following databases: MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Controlled Trial Register. RESULTS Seventeen publications involving a total of 1,879 patients were used...

AIM To compare two different operative techniques for stress urinary incontinence in women, transvaginal tape obturator(TVT-O) and retropubictransvaginal tape(TVT). METHODS The study included 63 women, of which 32 received TVT-O and 31 were treated with TVT. Follow-up for all patients was done after 1, 3, 6 and 12 months, and yearly thereafter. Each visit included objective evaluations (post-...

PURPOSE We compared the effectiveness of the retropubic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and the transobturator inside-out tape (TVT-O) in treating symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB) in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). METHODS Women with urodynamic SUI and OAB (mean urgency episodes ≥1 and frequency ≥8/24 hours on a 3-day voiding diary) were assigned to the TVT or TVT-O group. P...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and complications of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) versus tension-free transobturator vaginal tape (TVT-O) from inside to outside for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. METHODS Retrospectively, 35 patients with SUI were recruited into this study; 18 patients were assigned to the TVT procedure and ...