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Nerve-sparing Mid-urethral Obstruction NeMO in Female Small Rodents
Published on: April 25, 2017
Age is not a limiting factor for midurethral sling procedures in the elderly with urinary incontinence
Ja Hyeon Ku1, Jin Gyu Oh, Jae Wook Shin
1Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Jongno-gu, Korea.
Objective:
The object was to evaluate clinical outcome of the midurethral sling procedures in the elderly compared with middle-aged women.
Methods:
A total of 266 women who underwent midurethral sling procedures with at least follow-up greater than 6 months were included in the study. Patients were divided as the elderly group (65 years old or older, n = 60) and the middle-aged group (45-64 years old, n = 206).
Results:
Although postoperative urge symptoms were more prevalent in the elderly group (25.0%) than in the middle-aged group (6.3%), there were no significant differences between the two groups for the rates of postoperative urge incontinence (p = 0.159). Stress incontinence was cured by 91.3% in the middle-aged group and 85.0% in the elderly group, respectively (p = 0.158).
Conclusions:
Age does not seem to be a significant risk factor for failure of midurethral sling procedures.
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