title: Transobturator male sling TOMS for the treatment of stress post-prostatectomy incontinence, initial experience and results with one year's experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Post-prostatectomy incontinence remains a problem, even in minor or moderate degrees. In order to minimize surgical morbidity and costs, sling procedures have been proposed. The authors have developed a new transobturator male sling procedure and report their results after one-year experience.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective multicenter study was conducted in 50 patients with minor or moderate post-prostatectomy incontinence. Evaluation of TOMS two arms bulbar sling was based on clinical form assessment, The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire (ICIQ) and short-form (SF) 36 questionnaire pre and postoperatively and at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The surgical procedure was considered easy to perform and no post-surgery complication was reported except for one retention. The median number of pads per day decreased significantly from 2 pads before surgery (95% CI: 2 - 3) to 1 during the follow-up period (95% CI: 0 - 2 at 360 days), and at 3 months patients using none or one pad per day were 30% and 32% respectively. The SF 36 continence and quality of life score improved from a median of 100 (95% CI: 83 - 133) to 300 (95% CI: 167 - 375), and the median ICIQ incontinence and quality of life score decreased from 15 (95% CI: 14 - 16) to 8 (95% CI: 5 - 12) one year after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The transobturator perineal male sling TOMS is an attractive simple sling technique for moderate or minor post-prostatectomy stress incontinence and offers an improvement in the quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France. philippe.grise@chu-rouen.fr
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grise
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geraud
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geraud
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lienhart
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Le Portz
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bubenheim
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D053825:Suburethral Slings; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*