title: Abdominoperineal urethral suspension in the management of recurrent stress incontinence of urine- a 15-year experience.
abstract: Since 1965, the procedure of abdominoperineal urethral suspension has been applied as the sole method of surgical correction in the management of patients suffering from recurrent urinary stress incontinence. During a 15-year period (1965 to 1980), 194 women were selected for this procedure by entirely clinical methods. Ancillary aids to diagnosis were not used. Long-term follow-up indicates that careful selection followed by accurate surgery based upon macroscopic anatomy can produce excellent long-term results. The overall cure rate of 77.5% rises to 84.37% if the patients who have improved are included.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012907:Smoking; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy