Complications following vaginal mesh procedures for stress urinary incontinence: an 8 year study of 92,246 women.

ABSTRACT: Complications of surgical mesh procedures have led to legal cases against manufacturers worldwide and to national inquiries about their safety. The aim of this study was to investigate the rate of adverse events of these procedures for stress urinary incontinence in England over 8 years. This was a retrospective cohort study of first-time tension-free vaginal tape (TVT), trans-obturator tape (TOT) or suprapubic sling (SS) surgical mesh procedures between April 2007 and March 2015. Cases were identified from the Hospital Episode Statistics database. Outcomes included number and type of procedures, including those potentially confounded by concomitant procedures, and frequency, nature and timing of complications. 92,246 first-time surgical mesh procedures (56,648 TVT, 34,704 TOT, 834 SS and

SUBMITTER: Keltie K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5607307 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature