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A multicenter, prospective, randomized clinical trial comparing tension-free vaginal tape surgery and no treatment for the management of stress urinary incontinence in elderly women.

Campeau L, Tu LM, Lemieux MC, Naud A, Karsenty G, Schick E, Corcos J

Department of Urology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis‐Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

AIMS: The aim of our study was to test the hypothesis that elderly women undergoing tension-free vaginal tape surgery (TVT) will have a better quality of life (QOL) and satisfaction compared to non-treated women despite age- and technique-related potential morbidity. METHODS: This multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled trial enrolled a total of 69 women aged over 70 years who initially consented to be randomized to either undergo immediate TVT surgery or to wait for 6 months before submitting to the same surgery (control group). The main outcomes measured at every visit (pre-randomization, 8-12 weeks and 6 months) consisted of the Incontinence-Quality of Life (I-QOL) Questionnaire, the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Urinary Problems Self-assessment Questionnaire, among others. RESULTS: The analysis included 31 patients in the immediate surgery group and 27 subjects in the control group. Peri-operative complications in the immediate surgery group were bladder perforation (22.6%), urinary retention (12.9%), urinary tract infection (3.2%) and de novo urgency (3.2%). At 6 months, the mean I-QOL scores for the TVT and control groups were respectively 96.5 +/- 15.5 and 61.6 +/- 19.8 (P < 0.0001); mean Patient Satisfaction scores were respectively 8.0 +/- 2.7 and 2.0 +/- 2.4 (P < 0.0001); and mean Urinary Problems scores were respectively 4.5 +/- 4.3 and 11.6 +/- 3.5 (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: At 6 months post-randomization, the group of elderly women who underwent immediate TVT surgery showed a significant improvement in QOL, patient satisfaction and less urinary problems compared to the group of women waiting for the same surgery. Neurourol. Urodynam. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Published 19 July 2007 in Neurourol Urodyn.
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