Publications by authors named "Sigurd Kulseng-Hanssen"

Introduction: Over the last two decades synthetic mid-urethral slings (MUS) have become established as the main surgical method for correcting stress urinary incontinence (SUI). However, transurethral injections with polyacrylamide hydrogel are gaining popularity. We used surgical codes from a national registry to explore potential differences in risk of later surgery for SUI comparing retropubic slings, obturator slings, and polyacrylamide hydrogel injections.

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Introduction And Hypothesis: Pregnancy and delivery are known risk factors for stress and mixed urinary incontinence. The most common surgical treatment is mid-urethral sling (MUS) surgery. This study evaluated the potential impact of the obstetrical history on the short-term subjective and objective failure rates after MUS surgery.

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Introduction: Medical quality registries have gained popularity as tools for monitoring the quality of medical treatments and they serve as data sources for research. The Norwegian Female Incontinence Registry (NFIR) was established in 1998 to monitor and improve the quality of surgery for women with stress and mixed urinary incontinence in Norway and to collect data for research. This study aimed to assess the completeness and accuracy of the Norwegian Female Incontinence Registry, and potential differences in data accuracy over time and according to surgical volume of the reporting hospitals.

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Introduction And Hypothesis: Antibiotic prophylaxis is commonly used when implanting a mid-urethral sling (MUS) for female stress urinary incontinence. Use of antibiotics may lead to adverse events and the development of antibiotic resistance. This study compared a variety of outcomes after MUS surgery with and without antibiotic prophylaxis using data from the national Norwegian Female Incontinence Registry.

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Introduction And Hypothesis: Over 50 different types of midurethral slings have been marketed. They have generally been considered comparable in performance. Many studies have compared retropubic with obturator slings, but few have compared different makes of retropubic slings with each other.

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Introduction And Hypothesis: To evaluate long-term outcomes in women with one or more childbirths after mid-urethral sling (MUS) surgery and potential differences in outcomes based on mode of delivery.

Methods: A population-based cohort study using data from two national registries. Women registered with childbirth after MUS (case group) or without childbirth after MUS (control group), with equal follow-up time, underwent a structured telephone interview using a validated short-form urinary disease-specific questionnaire.

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Aims: To compare subjective and objective outcomes of mid-urethral sling (MUS) surgery in women in different age decades and the utilization rates for MUS in Norwegian women.

Methods: Data from the national Norwegian Female Incontinence Registry on 21 832 women with stress or mixed urinary incontinence who underwent MUS surgery from 1998 to 2016 were used. Primary outcomes were treatment satisfaction and absence of objective stress leakage at 6-12 months follow-up and "MUS utilization rate.

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Objective: To compare intermittent catheterization, sling mobilization, and sling transection for treatment of urinary retention after mid-urethral sling surgery.

Methods: Data registered in the Norwegian Female Incontinence Registry from 1998 to 2013 were analyzed in this cohort study to compare subjective and objective outcomes after intermittent catheterization, sling mobilization, and sling transection as management of postoperative urinary retention after mid urethral sling surgery. Subjective outcomes were degree of symptom bother and the percentage of women stating "very satisfied" at the postoperative follow-up.

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Aims: (i) To establish whether low maximal urethral closure pressure (MUCP) is associated with a poorer prognosis after TVT-surgery, and if so to establish an MUCP cut-off value for poor outcome. (ii) To characterize the population with a low MUCP.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of data from 6,646 women with stress/mixed urinary incontinence included in the Norwegian Female Incontinence Registry.

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Aims: To investigate potential risk factors for long-term (10-year) subjective and objective failure of the retropubic tension-free vaginal tape procedure (TVT).

Methods: Secondary risk analysis was performed using data from a recently published multi-center study that were merged with additional preoperative and operative data individually stored in the Norwegian Female Incontinence Registry (NFIR). Subjective data from 483 women and objective data from 327 women were obtained 10 years after retropubic TVT surgery.

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Aim: The aim of the study was to test the ability of pad stress tests with increasing load (supine, jumping on the floor, and jumping on a trampoline) to document stress incontinence in subjectively stress incontinent women.

Methods: In this prospective study 147 subjectively stress and mixed incontinent women performed consecutively the three pad stress tests with a bladder volume of 300 ml. Nineteen women performed a second trampoline pad stress test to test repeatability of the test.

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Introduction And Hypothesis: Retropubic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) was introduced in 1996 as a new and innovative surgical approach in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). In this study we evaluate the long-term objective and subjective outcomes in a non-selected patient population 10 years after the retropubic TVT procedure.

Methods: All women (603) operated on with retropubic TVT at four gynecological departments from September 1998 through December 2000 were identified, and those still alive (542) were invited to participate in this population-based prospective study.

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Introduction And Hypothesis: The study examined how often detrusor overactivity (DO) causes leakage during a stress test in women with mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) and whether there are differences between those who do and those who do not have DO during the stress test.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed in 100 women who had an ambulatory urodynamic recording done where bladder, urethral, and vaginal pressures, and leakage were recorded. The stress test consisted of 20 jumping jacks and three forceful coughs.

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Introduction And Hypothesis: The aim of this study is to compare the outcome and complication rates of the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) operations with the transobturator vaginal tape (TVT-O and TOT) operations in the treatment of urinary stress incontinence.

Methods: This is a multicenter, prospective cohort study. Preoperative and postoperative assessments included a validated Stress and Urge Incontinence Questionnaire, a 24-h pad test, and a standardized stress test.

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Aims: To assess the effects of trocar guided transvaginal mesh on lower urinary tract symptoms after anterior vaginal wall prolapse repair.

Methods: One hundred twenty-one patients undergoing anterior transvaginal mesh surgery was prospectively evaluated at baseline and 1 year after surgery using the urogenital distress inventory (UDI).

Results: Overall UDI scores declined from 91 before surgery to 31 one year after surgery (P < 0.

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Introduction And Hypothesis: This study aims to compare the result of an incontinence procedure performed at the time of prolapse repair or 3 months later in women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Methods: In a multicenter prospective randomized trial, women with POP and SUI were randomized to have a tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) at the time of prolapse repair (n = 87; group I) or 3 months later (n = 94; group II). Women in group II were evaluated for SUI 3 months after the prolapse repair.

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A follow-up was done 7 and 38 months after tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) operation in 1,113 women with mixed urinary incontinence. Mixed incontinence and predominant bother were subjectively defined. The results were analyzed according to the women's predominant bother: stress incontinence, urge incontinence, or stress and urge incontinence equally.

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Aims: The aims of our study were (1) to investigate subjective and objective outcomes after tension free vaginal tape (TVT) operations in mixed incontinent women, (2) to detect if preoperative subjective and objective variables predict the outcome, and (3) to evaluate whether the surgical outcome is different for women who preoperatively find stress incontinence, urge incontinence, or urge and stress incontinence equally the predominant bother.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was performed on 450 mixed incontinent women. A short-form disease-specific validated questionnaire, 24-hr pad test, standardized stress test, residual urine, and maximum urinary flow were used before and after a TVT operation.

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Objectives: To develop and validate a short questionnaire recording the severity of symptoms and the quality of life, pre- and post-operatively, in women undergoing surgery for stress incontinence.

Design: The questionnaire was designed from previously designed questionnaires and pilot studies. In this study, it was tested for validity and reliability using standard psychometric techniques.

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Objective: To describe the development of a national network, database and reporting of data from a short-form questionnaire recording the severity of symptoms, quality of life and objective outcome values pre- and post-operatively, in women with stress and mixed incontinence.

Design: A prospective descriptive study.

Setting: Twenty-three Norwegian departments of gynaecology.

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The outcome of incontinence surgery was studied using a questionnaire, a 24-hour pad test (24hPT), and a stress test (ST). Five to 10 years after a Burch colposuspension, 111 patients were asked to complete the Bristol Female Urinary Tract Symptom Questionnaire (BFLUTS) and to perform a 24hPT and a ST. Eighty-two patients completed the questionnaire and 71 and 69 patients performed the stress and pad tests, respectively.

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