[Miniarc : prospective study and follow up at one year about 72 patients]

To evaluate the results at 1 year of a mini invasive sub urethral sling, not requiring no more a single incision.

Prospective study of 72 patients with isolated stress urinary incontinence. The procedures were performed on an outpatient under local anesthesia. Pain was assessed using the visual analogue scale. All patients were checked at 2 months and 1 year of intervention.

Stress urinary incontinence for 58 patients, 14 for mixed incontinence and sphincter deficiency for five. As per procedure, the average pain was 3.7/10, at the end of the intervention, 0.5/10. Peroperative complications were: one episode involving bleeding over 100ml, one vasovagal episode, and one procedure failure. At 2 months follow-up, the authors recorded: de novo urge incontinence (n=2), de novo dysuria (n=1), sling exposure (n=1), urinary infection (n=1) and noticeable side ties (n=4). Control at 1 year, another patient filed an eviction of the anchor of the tape with Stall thereof. Two patients reported having moderate pain. The objective results at 1 year of 68 patients were 69.1% cured, 20.6% improved and 10.3% failed. Three patients were re-operated and two of them are cured.

The results of this simplified tape are worse than those of classic sub-urethral tape; however, no comparative study has been completed and the specific indications of these techniques are not specified.