Publications by authors named "H Enzelsberger"
Objective: We established a voluntary registry to collect data on the perioperative course of transobturator tape operations for stress incontinence.
Study Design: Forty-seven centers completed a 1-page, 15-item questionnaire per procedure.
Results: Data on a total of 2543 operations with 11 different tape systems were collected.
Unlabelled: Not only do anatomy and function of the pelvic floor play an important role as possible causes of female urinary incontinence, they are also crucial for its therapy. The aim of this case control study of female geriatric patients with symptoms of urinary incontinence was to determine the knowledge about their pelvic floor and to assess their ability to contract pelvic floor muscles voluntarily and reflexly.
Methods: A total of 377 female geriatric patients with symptoms of urinary incontinence were investigated in a Basis Assessment for Urinary incontinence.
Bleeding complications with the tension-free vaginal tape operation.
Am J Obstet Gynecol
December 2005
Objective: This study was undertaken to analyze bleeding problems with tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) operations in a national registry.
Study Design: We studied patients for whom increased intraoperative bleeding or reoperation for bleeding/hematoma with TVT operation were reported to the registry.
Results: Bleeding problems were reported for 151 of 5578 (2.
Objective: To assess the effectiveness and late postoperative morbidity of the Burch procedure and the sling procedure for the treatment of recurrent urinary stress incontinence after vaginal hysterectomy and anterior repair.
Methods: Clinical, urodynamic, and sonographic examinations were done on 77 women suffering with recurrent urinary stress incontinence. The women were randomized to two groups, modified Burch colposuspension and lyophilized dura mater sling surgery; 72 women were reexamined 32-48 months after these procedures.