title: Short-term outcomes with the Ajust™ system: a new single incision sling for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the minimally invasive Ajust™ system in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a prospective multicentre study. All patients with primary urodynamic stress urinary incontinence were prospectively selected to receive the Ajust™ procedure. The International Consultation on Incontinence-Short Form (ICI-SF), Women Irritative Prostate Symptoms Score (W-IPSS), PGI-S, and PGI-I questionnaires were used to evaluate the impact of incontinence and voiding dysfunction on QoL and to measure patient's perception of incontinence severity and improvement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From January 2009 to October 2009, 111 consecutive subjects were enrolled in the study. At 6 months, 102 were available for outcomes analysis. The subjective and objective cure rates were 85.7% and 91.4%, respectively. The ICI-SF and W-IPSS questionnaires showed a statistical significant improvement in symptom scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the short-term follow-up, the Ajust™ system was effective in restoring continence in more than 85% of subjects with a highly significant improvement in QoL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ospedale G. Fornaroli, Magenta, Milan, Italy. m.meschia@libero.it
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meschia
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barbacini
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baccichet
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buonaguidi
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maffiolini
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braghin
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brusati
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dell'Utri
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spreafico
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D053825:Suburethral Slings; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*
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