Clinical observation on outcomes of female stress urinary incontinence treated with TVT-O and TVT

Objective:To observe the efficacies and complications of treating stress urinary incontinence in female patients by retropubic tension-free vaginal tape(TVT) procedure and transobturator tension-free vaginal tape(TVT-O)procedure.Methods:By retrospective study,36 female patients undergone treatment of stress urinary incontinence in our hospital between Aug.2008 and Aug 2011 were grouped into either TVT procedure or TVT-O procedure.Results:The procedure duration by TVT-O was significantly shorter than that by TVT.The two groups were statistically different(P0.05).Although intraoperative bleeding was less in TVT-O group than TVT,yet,it had no statistical difference.The complications by TVT-O were not as high as TVT procedure.Conclusion:Both TVT-O and TVT are effective procedures for treatment of female stress urinary incontinence,and clinicians can be at their free option of the procedure.Yet,TVT looks simpler,safer and wider in clinical indications.