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Vessel-sparing Excision and Primary Anastomosis

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Repeat post-op voiding trials: an inconvenient correlate with success.

Kimberly L Ferrante¹, Hae-Young Kim, Linda Brubaker

¹University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.

Neurourology and Urodynamics

|August 29, 2013

Summary

Women needing a repeat voiding trial after midurethral sling (MUS) surgery show better objective success rates at one year. This finding may reassure patients requiring temporary catheterization post-surgery regarding their long-term outcomes.

Keywords:

midurethral sling stress urinary incontinence voiding dysfunction

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Area of Science:

Urology
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Background:

Midurethral sling (MUS) surgery is a common treatment for stress urinary incontinence.
Postoperative voiding dysfunction can necessitate a repeat voiding trial, involving temporary catheterization.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the association between requiring a repeat voiding trial after MUS surgery and 1-year success rates.
To determine if temporary catheterization impacts long-term outcomes following MUS procedures.

Main Methods:

Secondary analysis of the TOMUS (TRIAL of Midurethral Sling) study data.
Comparison of objective and subjective success rates at 1 year between women who required a repeat voiding trial (discharged with catheterization) and those who were self-voiding.
Multivariate analyses controlling for clinical predictors of success.

Main Results:

24% of women required a repeat voiding trial post-MUS surgery.
Objective success rates at 1 year were significantly higher in the repeat voiding trial group (85.8%) compared to the self-voiding group (75.3%) (P=0.01).
Multivariate analysis confirmed greater objective success for the repeat voiding trial group (OR 1.82, P=0.04).

Conclusions:

Requiring a repeat voiding trial after MUS surgery is associated with improved objective success at 1 year.
These findings can help alleviate patient concerns about outcomes when temporary catheterization is needed post-MUS surgery.