title: Age is not a limiting factor for midurethral sling procedures in the elderly with urinary incontinence.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Jongno-gu, Korea.
authors.forename: Ja Hyeon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ku
authors.forename: Jin Gyu
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Jae Wook
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Soo Woong
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae-Seung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Paick
mesh_terms: 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