title: A three-armed randomized trial comparing open Burch colposuspension using sutures with laparoscopic colposuspension using sutures and laparoscopic colposuspension using mesh and staples in women with stress urinary incontinence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare open Burch colposuspension using sutures (OC) with laparoscopic colposuspension using sutures (LCS) and laparoscopic colposuspension using mesh and staples (LCM) in women with stress urinary incontinence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective randomized trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women with genuine stress urinary incontinence or mixed incontinence with a predominantly stress component attending the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
  
  
  METHODS
  The women were assessed objectively using a 48-h frequency-volume chart, a 48-h pad test and a standardized stress test. Subjectively, the women were assessed by a questionnaire including influence on quality of life. The women were randomized to OC using sutures (n = 79), LCS (n = 53) or LCM (n = 79). Anaesthesia/operation time, blood loss, complications and other related surgical parameters were compared. Main outcome measures. Objective and subjective cure rate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Objective cure rates 1 year after surgery were significantly higher in the OC and LCS groups compared to the LCM group analyzed by a standardized stress test. Subjective findings were in concordance with the objective results. Performing an OC was less time consuming than performing a LCS and resulted in more blood loss compared to the two laparoscopic techniques. Patients in the LCM group had a shorter duration of catheter use and hospital stay.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of sutures, irrespective of whether the surgical approach was laparoscopic or open surgery, was superior to the laparoscopic mesh and staple technique.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413-45 Göteborg, Sweden. maud.ankardal@obgyn.gu.se
authors: Maud
authors: M
authors: Ankardal
authors: Ian
authors: I
authors: Milsom
authors: Jan-Henrik
authors: JH
authors: Stjerndahl
authors: Marie Ellström
authors: ME
authors: Engh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003127:Colposcopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D017792:Surgical Stapling / Q000379:methods*; D013537:Sutures; D013548:Sweden; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014563:Urodynamics; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*