2005•Zhongguo xiandai yixue/Zhongguo xiandai yixue zazhiRequires access
Clinic results of tension-free vaginal tape for surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence in female
Zheng-yan Tang
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Abstract
[Objective] To evaluate the primary clinical results of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) for surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. [Methods] The outcome of 21 TVT procedures for women with genuine stress urinary incontinence (n =18) and mixed urinary incontinence (n =3) were retrospectively amalyzeel since May 2003. [Results] Mean operation time was 45 minutes (range 30~85) , mean postoperative stay duration was 2.5 days (range 1~9) . 85.71 % of the women with genuine stress incontinence were cured and another 14.29 % significantly improved. [Conclusions] From the present study we can consider thetension 2 free vaginal tape operation to be a safe and effective surgical procedure for the treatment of female urinary stressincontinence.