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- The study aimed to determine if the type of anesthesia used during the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure impacts women's postoperative continence.
- Both anesthesia groups (local and general) showed notable improvements in continence scores post-surgery, but the local anesthesia group had a significantly higher mean improvement in stress incontinence symptoms.
- Overall, while both methods are effective, local anesthesia with the cough-stress test yielded better outcomes for managing stress incontinence after the TVT procedure.
Article Abstract
Objective: To estimate whether the mode of anesthesia (and the resultant ability or inability to perform the cough-stress test) used during the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure affects postoperative continence.
Methods: A cohort of 170 women who underwent the TVT procedure without any other concomitant surgery completed the short form of the Urogenital Distress Inventory (UDI-6) to assess their continence status preoperatively and postoperatively. Chi-squared, t, and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to determine the association between these data and anesthesia type during univariate analysis.
Results: Both anesthesia groups showed significant improvement from their preoperative UDI-6 scores to their postoperative scores. However, when comparing the change from pre- to postoperative UDI-Stress Symptoms subscale scores between the 2 groups, we found a significant difference. Mean improvement in the local group was 58.3 (+/- 33.8) compared with 41.7 (+/- 39.4) in the general group (P = .02).
Conclusion: Women who undergo TVT show significant improvements in incontinence severity regardless of anesthesia type. However, greater improvements in stress incontinence, as measured by the UDI-Stress Symptoms subscale, are seen when the TVT is placed while using the cough-stress test under local analgesia.
Level Of Evidence: II-2.
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