title: Outcomes of Transobturator Tape Surgery with Safyre T® Slings for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence after 96 Months of Follow-Up.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the outcomes of transobturator tape (TOT) surgery with Safyre T® (Promedon, Argentina) slings for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) at a 96- month follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a clinical follow-up study of 153 patients diagnosed with SUI between January 2005 and December 2014. Patients were provided with detailed a priori information pertaining to the TOT procedure and were invited to attend follow-up visits at 1, 3, 12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 months. Follow-up visits included physical examination involving sling palpation, checking of the vaginal mucosa for erosion, cough test, as well as validated Urinary Distress Inventory-6 (UDI-6) and Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7 (IIQ-7) questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall objective success rates, based on cough test results, were 91.3% at 12 months, 86.8% at 48 months and 77.6% at 96 months. Similarly, the overall subjective success rate, based on the validated UDI-6 and IIQ-7 scales, was 77.6% at 96 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cure rates achieved, following TOT treatment of SUI at 1-year follow-up, showed a statistically significant decline over an 8-year period, especially at months 48 and 96. © 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, İzmir Tepecik Education and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Töz
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balsak
authors.forename: Nurgül
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authors.lastname: Başoğul
authors.forename: Ali Ata
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.forename: Gülin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Okay
authors.forename: Nesin
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authors.lastname: Apaydın
authors.forename: Aykut
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authors.lastname: Özcan