Early Experience of Laparoscopic Bladder Neck Suspension for Female Genuine Stress Urinary Incontinence.
- Author:
In Kee LEE
1
;
Ki Yong SHIN
;
Tchun Yong LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
stress urinary incontinence
- MeSH:
Female*;
Follow-Up Studies;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Neck*;
Parity;
Rupture;
Urinary Bladder*;
Urinary Incontinence*;
Urinary Tract Infections
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1996;37(4):449-454
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
For the treatment of genuine stress urinary incontinence(GSUI), various surgical approaches have been developed since early in this century. Laparoscopic bladder neck suspension has recently been described as an alternative method to the open surgical correction of GSUI. We had treated 16 patients of GSUI with laparoscopic Burch procedure from May to November 1995. Mean age of the patients was 42.5 years(range:28-77years) and mean parity was 3.7. There was no serious operative complications such as bladder rupture or bleeding needed transfusion. The duration of follow up was 6.2 months(range:3-9 months) in average. Incontinence was completely disappeared in 11 patients(68.7%) and significantly improved in 5 patients (31.3%), and no patient was recurred during follow up periods. Postoperatively, there was no significant complication, except two cases of urinary tract infection. Early results of the small number of women studied suggest that this new technique can provide successful outcomes in properly selected patients.
