MP-07.16: Seven year follow-up of the tendinous vaginal support: a minimally invasive approach for stress urinary incontinence

Single-Incision Slings (SIS) - a New Option for the Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence

“…In a subsequent trial, a porcine sling made from small bowel sub-mucosa was used. Here again, initially there were high continence rates; initial results after six months with 25 patients indicated a good continence rate of 87 %, dropping to 65 % after 72 months [8,9]. With the use of synthetic tape materi- Table 2 summarises the study results from this time onwards.…”

“…The special feature with this system is the direct, intra-operative bilateral adjustability of the tape. The two anchors are placed and the tape is then loosened and tight- Palma [7] 1999 TUS prospective 10 12 months 50% n = 2 removing tape due to infection n = 3 tape extrusion Palma [8] 2001 TUS retrospective 25 6 months 87% Palma [9] 2007 72 months 65% Petros [11] 2005 TFS retrospective 36 9 months 83.4% n = 1 granuloma due to incorrect attachment Petros [12] 2009 [14] 2009 TVT-S ® prospective 154 12 months 70.3% continence n = 5 haemorrhaging 11% improvement n = 1 bladder lesion n = 21 residual urine > 100 ml n = 2 unattached tape n = 7 injury to the vaginal sulcus Lee [15] 2010 TVT-S ® prospective 144 U 12 months 87.5% n = 2 residual urine formation 141 H 12 months 80.1% n = 3 residual urine formation n = 3 injury to the vaginal sulcus n = 2 haemorrhaging > 500 ml Liapsis [16] 2010 [22] 2010 TVT-S ® prospective 676 12 months 81.4% subj. 84.8% obj.…”