Treatment of elderly female stress urinary incontinence with tension-free vaginal tape procedure: a report 6 cases
- VernacularTitle:无张力阴道尿道悬吊术治疗老年女性尿失禁六例临床分析
- Author:
Chenyang ZHONG
;
Shumin DENG
;
Jianye WU
;
Xin CHU
;
Ben WAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Urinary incontinence, stress;
Urologic surgical procedures
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2001;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of tension-free vaginal tape(TVT) procedure in the treatment with elder female stress incontinence(SUI). Methods Six patients with proven SUI were undergone the TVT with SPRAC. Results Six patients were operated under low spinal anesthesia. Mean operation time was 31.6 minutes and the mean blood loss was 36.2 ml. Five patients were able to micturate spontaneously within 24 hours after operation. One patient with fatty and vaginal colpoptosis was in-dwelling catheter for one week. Patients were followed-up for 10-28 months. Five patients were completely cured and one patient was failed after operation three months. Two patients were de novo urgency. One patient complained of persistent suprapubic discomfort. Conclusions The tension-free vaginal tape operation is a safe and effective surgical procedure for the treatment of urinary stress incontinence with fatty vaginal colpoptosis in elderly females.
