Ultrasonographic assessment of tape location following tension-free vaginal tape and transobturator tape procedure

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-121

  Long, Cheng Yu ^a,b   Hsu, Chun Shuo ^c   Lo, Tsia Shu ^d   Liu, Cheng Min ^a   Chen, Yung Hung ^b   Tsai, Eing Mei ^a,b,e  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Stress urinary incontinence; Tension free vaginal tape; Transobturator tape

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; ULTRASOUND; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; URODYNAMICS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 37549047253     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701797765     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Nilsson CG, Kuuva N, Falconer C, Rezapour M, Ulmsten U. Long-term results of the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure for surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2001;12 Suppl 2:S5-8.
2. Petros PE, Ulmsten UI. An integral theory and its method for the diagnosis and management of female urinary incontinence. Scand J Urol Nephrol Suppl. 1993;153:1-93.
3. Nilsson CG, Falconer C, Rezapour M. Seven-year follow-up of the tension-free vaginal tape procedure for treatment of urinary incontinence. Obstet Gynecol. 2004;104:1259-62.
4. Meschia M, Pifarotti P, Bernasconi F, Guercio E, Maffiolini M, Magatti F, et al. Tension-free vaginal tape: analysis of outcomes and complications in 404 stress incontinent women. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2001;12 Suppl 2:S24-7.
5. Kuuva N, Nilsson CG. A nationwide analysis of complications associated with the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2002;81:72-7.
6. Long CY, Lo TS, Liu CM, Hsu SC, Chang Y, Tsai EM. Lateral excision of tension-free vaginal tape for the treatment of iatrogenic urethral obstruction. Obstet Gynecol. 2004;104:1270-4.
7. Delorme E. Transobturator urethral suspension: mini-invasive procedure in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women. Prog Urol. 2001;11:1306-13.
8. de Leval J. Novel surgical technique for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: transobturator vaginal tape inside-out. Eur Urol. 2003;44:724-30.
9. Abdel-Fattah M, Sivanesan K, Ramsay I, Pringle S, Bjornsson S. How common are tape erosions? A comparison of two versions of the transobturator tension-free vaginal tape procedure. BJU Int. 2006;98:594-8.
10. Schaer G, Koelbl H, Voigt R, Merz E, Anthuber C, Niemeyer R, et al. Recommendations of the German Association of Urogynecology on functional sonography of the lower female urinary tract. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 1996;7:105-8.
11. Dietz HP, Wilson PD. The 'iris effect': how two-dimensional and three-dimensional ultrasound can help us understand anti-incontinence procedures. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2004;23:267-71.
12. Yang JM, Huang WC. Sonographic findings in a case of voiding dysfunction secondary to the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2004;23:302-4.
13. Jackson S, Donovan J, Brookes S, Eckford S, Swithinbank L, Abrams P. The Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms questionnaires: development and psychometric testing. Br J Urol. 1996;77:805-12.
14. Abrams P, Blaivas JG, Stanton SL, Andersen JT. The standardization of terminology of low urinary tract function recommended by the International Continence Society. Int Urogynecol J. 1990;1:45-58.
15. Groutz A, Blaivas JG, Chaikin DC. Bladder outlet obstruction in women: definition and characteristics. Neurourol Urodyn. 2001;19:213-20.
16. Lo TS, Wang AC, Horng SG, Liang CC, Soong YK. Ultrasonographic and urodynamic evaluation after tension free vaginal tape procedure (TVT). Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2001;80:65-70.
17. Neuman M. TVT and TVT-obturator: comparison of two operative procedures. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2007;131(1):89-92.
18. Meschia M, Bertozzi R, Pifarotti P, Baccichet R, Bernasconi F, Guercio E, et al. Peri-operative morbidity and early results of a randomized trial comparing TVT and TVT-O. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2007;18:1257-61.
19. Kaum HJ, Wolff F. TVT: on midurethral tape positioning and its influence on continence. Int Urogynecol J. 2002;13:110-5.
20. Dietz HP, Mouritsen L, Ellis G, Wilson PD. How important is TVT location? Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2004;83:904-8.
21. de Tayrac R, Deffieux X, Resten A, Doumerc S, Jouffroy C, Fernandez H. A transvaginal ultrasound study comparing transobturator tape and tension-free vaginal tape after surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2006;17:466-71.
22. Lo TS, Horng SG, Liang CC, Lee SJ, Huang HJ, Lin CT. Ultrasound and urodynamic comparison between caudocranial and craniocaudal tension-free vaginal tape for stress urinary incontinence. Urology. 2005;66:754-8.