The Trial of Mid-Urethral Slings (TOMUS): Design and Methodology.

ABSTRACT: Mid-urethral slings (MUS) are increasingly common surgical procedures for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. There are currently no adequately powered trials with sufficient length of follow-up comparing the efficacy or safety of the transobturator and retropubic MUS. As a result, no selection criteria are available to guide surgeons or patients. This article describes the methodology and rationale for the Trial Of Mid-Urethral Slings (TOMUS). The primary aims of this randomized controlled trial is to compare subjective and objective success rates for urinary incontinence (UI) at 12 and 24 months following retropubic and transobturator MUS procedures. Secondary aims are to compare the resolution of overall and stress-specific UI, morbidity, the time to adequate vo

SUBMITTER: Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network (UITN) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3999832 | biostudies-literature | 2008

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature