Objective cure rates and patient satisfaction after the transobturator tape procedure during 6.5-year follow-up.

Study Objective: To report the subjective and objective outcomes and patient satisfaction with the outside-in transobturator tape (TOT) procedure during long-term follow-up.

Design: Clinical follow-up study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: University hospital.

Tension-free vaginal tape procedure without preoperative urodynamic examination: long-term outcome.

Objectives: To evaluate the long-term outcome of the tension-free vaginal tape procedure.

Methods: A total of 191 patients were operated on with tension-free vaginal tape between January 1998 and May 2000. Of these, 127 (66%) had stress urinary incontinence, 64 (34%) had mixed urinary incontinence and 39 (20%) had recurrent incontinence.

[Gynaecological prolapses].

Prolapses of the pelvic floor are common in women after childbirth. After hysterectomy, prolapse surgery is the second most common gynaecological surgery. Knowledge of pelvic anatomy and prolapses is essential for choosing a correct form of treatment and achieving a successful therapy.

Sexual dysfunction after trocar-guided transvaginal mesh repair of pelvic organ prolapse.

Objective: To estimate sexual dysfunction before and after trocar-guided transvaginal mesh surgery for pelvic organ prolapse.

Methods: Sexually active women participating in a prospective multicenter study were recruited at 26 centers. All participants underwent a standardized surgical procedure and were evaluated before (n=105) and 1 year after (n=84) surgery using the short form of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire (PISQ-12).