Publications by authors named "Rosa Maria Laterza"
Is the Deep Endometriosis or the Surgery the Cause of Postoperative Bladder Dysfunction?
J Minim Invasive Gynecol
April 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to determine the impact of deep endometriosis surgery on bladder function in a group of 32 patients.
- It utilized various assessments, including urodynamic studies and questionnaires, to evaluate bladder function before and three months after the surgery.
- Results showed significant improvements in bladder capacity, the first desire to void, and flow rates, alongside positive changes in questionnaire scores, indicating enhanced bladder function post-surgery.
Aims: Our aim was to evaluate, in a second data analysis of the prospective randomized controlled trial conducted by Austrian Urogynaecology Working Group, the effect of age, BMI and parity at the time of surgery on short- and long-term outcomes of women primarily treated for SUI (stress urinary incontinence) with midurethral slings.
Methods: In the original study 554 patients received randomly a retropubic (TVT) or a transobturator midurethral (TVT-O) sling procedure. 480 (87%) and 277 (50%) patients were available for a follow-up efficacy evaluation at 3 months and 5 years respectively.
Introduction And Hypothesis: Previous studies aiming to identify specific pre-defined urine protein biomarkers for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) have not identified clinically important differences. The hypothesis of our study was that the global distribution of urinary proteins, the proteome, differs between women with and those without SUI.
Methods: In this age-matched case-control study, we compared the urinary proteome of 20 women with SUI and 20 controls.
Objective: The aim of the study was to compare site and time to recurrence in patients affected by early stage cervical cancer (CC) treated with laparoscopy radical hysterectomy (LRH) versus abdominal radical hysterectomy (ARH).
Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in a university teaching, tertiary referral center hospital. We included patients undergoing either LRH or open ARH to treat CC.
Introduction And Hypothesis: The aim of this study was to evaluate pelvic floor dysfunction and anatomical signs of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in patients with levator ani muscle (LAM) trauma compared with patients with an intact LAM 1 year postpartum.
Methods: In a prospective case-control study, primiparous women after vaginal delivery, with LAM trauma diagnosed on 3D ultrasound, were included in the case group. Controls consisted of patients who fulfilled the same inclusion criteria but had an intact levator.