Age is not a limiting factor for midurethral sling procedures in the elderly with urinary incontinence.
OBJECTIVE
The object was to evaluate clinical outcome of the midurethral sling procedures in the elderly compared with middle-aged women.


METHODS
A total of 266 women who underwent midurethral sling procedures with at least follow-up greater than 6 months were included in the study. Patients were divided as the elderly group (65 years old or older, n = 60) and the middle-aged group (45-64 years old, n = 206).


RESULTS
Although postoperative urge symptoms were more prevalent in the elderly group (25.0%) than in the middle-aged group (6.3%), there were no significant differences between the two groups for the rates of postoperative urge incontinence (p = 0.159). Stress incontinence was cured by 91.3% in the middle-aged group and 85.0% in the elderly group, respectively (p = 0.158).


CONCLUSIONS
Age does not seem to be a significant risk factor for failure of midurethral sling procedures.
Ku
Ja Hyeon
JH
Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Jongno-gu, Korea.
Oh
Jin Gyu
JG
Shin
Jae Wook
JW
Kim
Soo Woong
SW
Paick
Jae-Seung
JS
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000601:surgery*; D014563:Urodynamics; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures