title: [Evaluation of the TVT technique according to age].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare efficacy and long-term morbidity of the TVT between patients younger than 70 years and patients older than 70 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective monocentric study from January 2000 to May 2001. A postal questionnaire was sent to patients to evaluate their satisfaction and their functional status after surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study included 154 patients, and 137 (89%) answered the questionnaire. Seventy-two were less than 70 years old (52.5%) and 65 were more than 70 years old (47.5%). The satisfaction rate in the total population was 88.3%. Amongst the patients younger than 70 years, 97.5% were cured or improved, versus 78.5% of the oldest patients (p=0.001). The study within age groups showed that the satisfaction rate between 70-74 years was higher (92.6%) than in the total population and lower after 75 years (66.7%). This difference is linked to the rates of de novo and persistent urge incontinence, which increase after 75 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The TVT seems to be a good treatment for urinary incontinence in women younger than 75 years. Patients should be warned that preoperative urge incontinence may persist after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique-Reproduction et de Médecine Foetale, Hôpital Archet 2, Nice.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bafghi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valerio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trastour
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benizri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bongain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000601:surgery*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods