Do the Advantage slings work as well as the tension-free vaginal tapes?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1157-1162

  Lim, Yik N ^a   Dwyer, Peter ^a   Muller, Reinhold ^b   Rosamilia, Anna ^c   Lee, Joseph ^a   Stav, Kobi ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advantage sling; Stress incontinence; TVT; Urinary urgency; Voiding dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER PERFORATION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLPOSUSPENSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRINSIC SPHINCTER DEFICIENCY; JOB EXPERIENCE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SAFETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; SURGEON; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY URGENCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 77956533713     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-010-1157-6     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Ulmsten U (2001) An introduction to tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) - a new surgical procedure for treatment of female urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunc 12:3-4
2. Shumaker SA, Wyman JF, Uebersax JS, McClish D, Fantl JA (1994) Health-related quality of life measures for women with urinary incontinence: the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire and the Urogenital Distress Inventory. Continence Program in Women (CPW) Research Group. Qual Life Res 3:291-306
3. Barber MD, Walters MD, Bump RC (2005) Short forms of two condition-specific quality-of-life questionnaires for women with pelvic floor disorders (PFDI-20 and PFIQ-7). Am J Obstet Gynecol 193:103-113
4. Ward K, Hilton P, UK and Ireland TVT Trial Group (2002) Prospective multicentre randomised trial of tension-free vaginal tape and colposuspension as primary treatment for stress incontinence. BMJ 325(7355):67
5. Ward KL, Hilton P, UK and Ireland TVT Trial Group (2008) Tension-free vaginal tape versus colposuspension for primary urodynamic stress incontinence: 5-year follow up. BJOG 115(2):226-233
6. Lim YN, Muller R, Corstiaans A, Dietz HP, Barry C, Rane A (2005) Suburethral slingplasty evaluation study in North Queensland, Australia: the SUSPEND trial. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 45(1):52-59
7. Rechberger T, Rzezniczuk K, Skorupski P et al (2003) A randomized comparison between monofilament and multifilament tapes for stress incontinence surgery. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunc 14(6):432-436
8. Meschia M, Pifarotti P, Bernasconi F et al (2006) Tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and intravaginal slingplasty (IVS) for stress urinary incontinence: a multicentre randomised trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol 195(5):1338-1342
9. Balakrishnan S, Lim YN, Barry C, Corstiaans A, Kannan K, Rane A (2007) Sling distress: a subanalysis of the IVS tapes from the SUSPEND trial. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 47(6):496-498
10. Bazi TM, Hamade RF, Hussein IAH, Nader KA, Jurjus A (2007) Polypropyelene midurethral tapes do not have similar biologic and biomechanical performance in the rat. Eur Urol 51:1364-1375
11. Moalli PA, Papas N, Menefee S, Albo M, Meyn L, Abramovich SD (2008) Tensile properties of five commonly used mid-urethral slings relative to the TVT. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunc 19:655-663
12. Stav K, Dwyer PL, Rosamilia A, Schierlitz L, Lim YN, Lee J (2009) Risk factors for treatment failure of midurethral sling procedures for women with urinary stress incontinence. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 21:149-155