title: TVT-ABBREVO: efficacy and two years follow-up for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effectiveness of inside-out TVT-ABBREVO in the surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) with mean two-year follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-six women underwent surgery for moderate-severe SUI. The technology used was the TVT-ABBREVO inside-out. Each woman at 12 and 24 months underwent postoperative evaluation by means of urodynamics, Q-tip test, CST, transperineal ultrasonography, and administration of "King's Health Questionnaire" (KHQ).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the women was 57.03 +/- 11.1 years (range 42-75). Postoperative urodynamics (12 months follow-up) resulted to be normal in 43/56 patients (76.79%), in 10/56 (17.86%) cases resulted in a considerable improvement of the symptomatology, and only 1/56 (1.78%) case had de novo overactive bladder (OAB), in 2/56 (3.57%) symptomatology unchanged. After administration of the KHQ 43/56 cases (76.79%) had resolution of the symptomatology, 10/56 cases (17.86%) improvement of the symptomatology, and no change in 3/56 cases (5.36%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the authors' experience, the TVT-ABBREVO resulted technically simple. The TVT-ABBREVO procedure provides high objective and subjective long-term efficacy, a clinically meaningful improvement in patient quality of life, and an excellent safety profile.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capobianco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dessole
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lutzoni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Surico
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ambrosini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dessole
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D053825:Suburethral Slings; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014563:Urodynamics