title: Long-term follow-up results with the Stamey operation for stress incontinence of urine.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the results of the Stamey operation for genuine stress incontinence in those patients with over 10 years of follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  Of 46 patients who had undergone a Stamey procedure and had a follow-up of over 10 years, 30 were willing to attend for a clinical review and pad testing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 30 patients assessed, 20 were initially cured, a further eight were significantly improved and two were no better. At 10 years, the number totally dry had fallen to 10, but a further 15 were still symptomatically improved. Only three that had shown some initial benefit were subjectively no better than before the operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There appears to be a continuous decline in the cure rate with time from the Stamey procedure. However, most patients maintain some lasting benefit.
authors.affiliation: Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Persad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Handley Ashken
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*