[Female urinary stress incontinence: transobsturator technique]

The wide use of retropubic TVT has been associated with various complications. To avoid these, alternative procedures have been developed and continence rates obtained with these new routes have been quite similar to those after classic TVT. In the transobsturator technique (TOT) described by Delorme and colleagues in 2001, the tape is inserted through the obturator foramens from outside to inside and is positioned without tension under the urethra. Another surgical technique allows the passage of a tape from inside to outside. The aim of this paper is to describe a new, simple surgical technique for the treatment of female urinary stress incontinence and to evaluate its feasibility.