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The aim of this study was to compare the pubovaginal sling with a new Vicryl mesh rectus fascia (VMRF) sling in the surgical treatment of low urethral pressure genuine stress incontinence. Fifty-one consecutive women who had a VMRF (n= 27) or a pubovaginal sling (n= 24) procedure between March 1995 and December 1997 were evaluated. The patient-determined subjective success rate of the VMRF sling (85%) was significantly higher than that of the pubovaginal sling (58%) in women with low urethral pressure stress incontinence (P=0.03). The objective success rates following the VMRF and the pubovaginal sling were 52% and 50%, respectively. The prevalence of postoperative symptomatic voiding dysfunction and de novo detrusor instability was 7% after the VMRF sling and 25% following the pubovaginal sling (P=0.08). The VMRF sling had a higher patient-determined success rate and a lower complication rate than the pubovaginal sling, and should be considered in the surgical management of women with low urethral pressure stress incontinence.
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Maher, C., Carey, M., Dwyer, P. et al. Pubovaginal or Vicryl Mesh Rectus Fascia Sling in Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency. Int Urogynecol J 12, 111–116 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001920170075
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001920170075