Lower urinary tract injuries after transobturator tape insertion by different routes: a large retrospective study

TY - JOUR

T1 - Lower urinary tract injuries after transobturator tape insertion by different routes

T2 - a large retrospective study

AU - Abdel-Fattah, Mohamed

AU - Ramsay, I

AU - Pringle, S

PY - 2006/12/1

Y1 - 2006/12/1

N2 - OBJECTIVES: To identify the rate of, and risk factors for, lower urinary tract (LUT) injuries associated with the transobturator tension-free vaginal tape (TOT) procedure. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Tertiary referral urogynaecology centre. POPULATION: 390 women who underwent transobturator suburethral tapes for management of urodynamic stress incontinence between July 2002 and January 2006. METHODS: Early cases were identified from theatre records and a case note review performed. From May 2005 (n = 94), data from an ongoing prospective audit were reviewed. Data for LUT injuries with TOT procedures were examined and routes of insertion were compared using Fischer's exact test. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rate of LUT injuries associated with the TOT procedures. Assessment of factors increasing risk of LUT injury, and comparison of the 'outside-in' and 'inside-out' techniques. RESULTS: 241 women underwent TOT outside-in technique and 148 of them underwent inside-out technique. Four LUT injuries occurred (1%): two urethral injuries (0.5%) and two bladder injuries (0.5%). All LUT injuries occurred in the outside-in group, although this difference did not reach significance (P = 0.146). Bladder injuries occurred in women who underwent concomitant vaginal surgery, while urethral injuries occurred in women undergoing secondary procedures. CONCLUSION: LUT injury is an uncommon complication of the TOT procedures, and in our hands only occurred with the outside-in technique. Intraoperative cystoscopy should be considered only in selected cases.

AB - OBJECTIVES: To identify the rate of, and risk factors for, lower urinary tract (LUT) injuries associated with the transobturator tension-free vaginal tape (TOT) procedure. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Tertiary referral urogynaecology centre. POPULATION: 390 women who underwent transobturator suburethral tapes for management of urodynamic stress incontinence between July 2002 and January 2006. METHODS: Early cases were identified from theatre records and a case note review performed. From May 2005 (n = 94), data from an ongoing prospective audit were reviewed. Data for LUT injuries with TOT procedures were examined and routes of insertion were compared using Fischer's exact test. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rate of LUT injuries associated with the TOT procedures. Assessment of factors increasing risk of LUT injury, and comparison of the 'outside-in' and 'inside-out' techniques. RESULTS: 241 women underwent TOT outside-in technique and 148 of them underwent inside-out technique. Four LUT injuries occurred (1%): two urethral injuries (0.5%) and two bladder injuries (0.5%). All LUT injuries occurred in the outside-in group, although this difference did not reach significance (P = 0.146). Bladder injuries occurred in women who underwent concomitant vaginal surgery, while urethral injuries occurred in women undergoing secondary procedures. CONCLUSION: LUT injury is an uncommon complication of the TOT procedures, and in our hands only occurred with the outside-in technique. Intraoperative cystoscopy should be considered only in selected cases.

KW - Adult

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Retrospective Studies

KW - Suburethral Slings

KW - Urethra

KW - Urinary Bladder

KW - Urinary Incontinence, Stress

KW - Urologic Surgical Procedures

U2 - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01097.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01097.x

M3 - Article

C2 - 17083654

VL - 113

SP - 1377

EP - 1381

JO - BJOG-An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

JF - BJOG-An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

SN - 1470-0328

IS - 12

ER -