title: [T.V.T. (tension-free vaginal tape). New surgical technique in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the tension-free vaginal tape procedure (TVT) for treatment of female stress urinary incontinence and the short-term results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From November 1998 to May 1999, the TVT procedure was performed in 20 patients with genuine stress urinary incontinence. All patients had a bladder catheter for 24 hours after surgery. Only one patient required intermittent catheterization for one month due to high quantities of post-void residual urine. There were no intraoperative complications. Early postoperatively one patient presented a hematoma in the posterior rectal aspect which was managed conservatively. At 4.5 months mean follow-up, 95% of the patients are continent and one is incontinent due to incorrect positioning of the prolene band.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the initial results appear to be encouraging, further studies are warranted to determine the long-term efficacy of this technique.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, Navarra, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez Calvo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hualde Alfaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santiago González de Garibay
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lozano Uruñuela
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Pablo Cárdenas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pinos Paul
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez Aristu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grasa Lanau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roche Roche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montesino Semper
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz Ramo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Villanueva Pérez
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011126:Polypropylenes; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes