title: Identification of the optimal time to treat urgency after a midurethral sling procedure for stress urinary incontinence.
abstract: We followed 91 patients who had undergone transobturator tension-free vaginal tape procedure on their perioperative urgency symptom for 1 year to identify risk factors and optimal time to commence further treatment in the presence of postoperative urgency. Of the 59 patients with preexisting urgency, 54.2, 35.6, and 39.0% demonstrated symptom persistence at postoperative 1, 6, and 12 months, respectively. Of the 32 patients without preoperative urgency, 3.1 and 18.8% of patients demonstrated de novo urgency at 1 and 6 months, respectively, but symptom persistence to 12 months was observed in 6.2%. Overall, urgency lasting to 12 months was observed in 25 (27.5%) of the entire cohort. Preoperative urgency [p = 0.001, odds ratio (OR) 9.583] and urgency at 1 month (p = 0.001, OR 5.124) were associated with symptom persistence to 1 year after surgery. We recommend treatment if urgency is noted at 1 month postoperatively in patients with preexisting urgency, and after 6 months for those without preoperative urgency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Songpa-Gu, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Cheryn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Sang Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ji Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Kyu-Sung
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Myung-Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Choo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D053825:Suburethral Slings; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D053202:Urinary Incontinence, Urge / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*