title: Pubovaginal or vicryl mesh rectus fascia sling in intrinsic sphincter deficiency.
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare the pubovaginal sling with a new Vicryl mesh rectus fascia (VMRF) sling in the surgical treatment of low urethral pressure genuine stress incontinence. Fifty-one consecutive women who had a VMRF (n = 27) or a pubovaginal sling (n = 24) procedure between March 1995 and December 1997 were evaluated. The patient-determined subjective success rate of the VMRF sling (85%) was significantly higher than that of the pubovaginal sling (58%) in women with low urethral pressure stress incontinence (P=0.03). The objective success rates following the VMRF and the pubovaginal sling were 52% and 50%, respectively. The prevalence of postoperative symptomatic voiding dysfunction and de novo detrusor instability was 7% after the VMRF sling and 25% following the pubovaginal sling (P = 0.08). The VMRF sling had a higher patient-determined success rate and a lower complication rate than the pubovaginal sling, and should be considered in the surgical management of women with low urethral pressure stress incontinence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urogynecology, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011312:Pressure; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014521:Urethra / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014563:Urodynamics; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods