Polypropylene and polyvinylidene fluoride transobturator slings for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: 1-Year outcomes from a multicentre randomized trial.

Aims: To compare the effectiveness and safety of polypropylene (PP) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) transobturator tapes (TOT) for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Methods: This is a multicentre randomized trial. Women with SUI or stress-predominant mixed urinary incontinence and scheduled for a TOT procedure were randomized to PP or PVDF slings.

Long-term outcomes of retropubic tension-free vaginal tape for stress urinary incontinence after a transobturator tape failure: a retrospective study.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Management of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after a transobturator tape (TOT) failure is a controversial issue. There are few long-term data on the different treatment options. The aim of this study is to evaluate the long-term effectiveness and safety of retropubic suburethral slings (RP-TVT) in this setting.

External validation of de novo stress urinary incontinence prediction model after vaginal prolapse surgery.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) may appear after the correction of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The aim of this study was to externally validate a described predictive model for de novo SUI and to assess its clinical performance when used as a diagnostic test.

Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study on a cohort of consecutive women treated in our institution.

Pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, do they share the same risk factors?

Objective: To determine whether there are differences in the etiologies of two of the most common pelvic floor disorders (PFD), pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Study Design: This cross-sectional descriptive study included 1042 women, referred to a pelvic floor unit in a tertiary Spanish hospital, between 2008 and 2012. Subjects at their fist visit were interviewed and examined generally and specifically (medical and urogynecological history).

Surgical treatment of vaginal prolapse with Prolift® mesh in patients with risk of recurrence.

Objective: The aim of this paper is to analyze the results obtained in pelvic floor surgery using a non-absorbable mesh in selected patients with risk factors of recurrent prolapse.

Methods: Case series including a total of 76 patients who were surgically treated for severe genital prolapse from July 2005 to December 2009, with risk factors for recurrence of genital prolapse.

Results: We detected 3 cases (6.