Patient related factors associated with long-term urinary continence after Burch colposuspension and pubovaginal fascial sling surgeries.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We examined preoperative and postoperative patient related factors associated with continence status up to 7 years after surgery for stress urinary incontinence.

Materials and methods

Women randomized to Burch colposuspension or fascial sling surgery and assessed for the primary outcome of urinary continence 2 years after surgery were eligible to enroll in a prospective observational study. Survival analysis was used to investigate baseline and postoperative factors in the subsequent risk of stress urinary incontinence, defined as self-report of stress urinary incontinence symptoms, incontinence episodes on a 3-day diary or surgical re-treatment.

Results

Of the women who participated in the randomized trial 74% (482 of 655) were enrolled in the followup study.

SUBMITTER: Richter HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3560926 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature