title: Surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: retropubictransvaginal tape vs. transvaginal tape obturator.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare two different operative techniques for stress urinary incontinence in women, transvaginal tape obturator(TVT-O) and retropubictransvaginal tape(TVT).
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 63 women, of which 32 received TVT-O and 31 were treated with TVT. Follow-up for all patients was done after 1, 3, 6 and 12 months, and yearly thereafter. Each visit included objective evaluations (post-voig residual and stress test).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average operating time was 13.19±3.72 minutes in TVT-O group and 26.92±4.77 minutes for TVT. Average time of catheter removal was 1.19±0.4 and 1.26±0.44 for TVT-O and TVT, respectively. Average hospital stay was 2.38±0.75 days in TVT-O group and 2.03±0.91 for TVT. Appearance of complications such as trauma of urethra, bladder perforation, injury of vessels, hematoma and wound infection were not registered. Two (6.3%) of the patientswho underwent TVT-O had urinary infection. One (3.1%) of the patients who underwent TVT-O had pelvic pain. De novo urgency appeared in five(15.6%)patients for TVT-O and in four (12.9%) patients for TVT. The success rate in TVT-O group was 90.6% and 90.3% for TVT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both procedures hada very high success rate, with a low rate of perioperative and late postoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Urology,Clinical Hospital CenterZemun, 2Clinic of Urology,Clinical Center of Serbia, 3Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Center of Serbia4, Clinic of Urology,Clinical Hospital Center''Dr.DragišaMišović'', 5Clinic of Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital CenterZemun, 6Outpatient Clinic ''Argirović'';Urology;Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Argirović
authors.forename: Cane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tulić
authors.forename: Rajka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Argirović
authors.forename: Uroš
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Babić
authors.forename: Biljana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lazović
authors.forename: Đorđe
authors.initials: Đ
authors.lastname: Argirović
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003558:Cystoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery