Vaginal tape erosion following transobturator tape (TOT) operation for stress urinary incontinence

Inorganic sling materials when used for treatment of urinary stress incontinence have a high success rate of achieving continence. They unfortunately attract the complication of vaginal tape erosion. When used for Transobturator tape procedure (TOT) we found the Obtape sling (Mentor-Porges, Le Plessis-Robinson, France) attracted a high rate of erosion, likely due to the tape properties. We describe a series of tape erosions with the Obtape sling, the presentation, conservative and surgical management with favourable rates of maintenance of continence. We suggest the use of larger pore sized tapes to decrease the occurrence of vaginal tape erosion.