Two-year outcomes after sacrocolpopexy with and without burch to prevent stress urinary incontinence.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To report anatomic and functional outcomes 2 years after sacrocolpopexy in stress-continent women with or without prophylactic Burch colposuspension.

Methods

In the Colpopexy and Urinary Reduction Efforts (CARE) trial, stress-continent women undergoing sacrocolpopexy were randomized to receive or not receive a Burch colposuspension. Outcomes included urinary symptoms, other pelvic symptoms, and pelvic support. Standardized pelvic organ prolapse quantification examinations and validated outcome measures including the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory and the Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire were completed before surgery and at several postoperative intervals, including at 2 years.

Results

This analysis is based on 322 randomized participants; certain analyses

SUBMITTER: Brubaker L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2614233 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature