%0 Journal Article
%T COMPARING THE SUCCESS AND COMPLICATION RATES OF TWO SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE PROCEDURE
%A Fatih £¿EL£¿K
%J -
%D 2018
%X OBJECTIVE: Transobturator tape procedure is one of the preferred methods for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence. This procedure can be performed with either ¡®internal-external¡¯ or ¡®external-internal¡¯ techniques. This study aims to compare the success, complication and patient satisfaction rates of internal-external and external-internal techniques in patients who underwent transobturator tape procedure during a period of five years. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty-four patients who were operated with ¡®external-internal¡¯ transobturator tape technique and 42 patients who were operated with ¡®internal-external¡¯ tension-free vaginal tape-obturator technique were included. Patients were assessed in aspect of success rates, postoperative complication rates, pelvic examination findings, stress test results, operation satisfaction and quality of life scales. RESULTS: The patients in both groups were statistically similar in terms of age, body mass index and menopausal status. Vaginal / groin pain and postoperative voiding difficulty were significantly more frequent in the internal-external technique group (respectively p=0.043 and p=0.001). Both objective and subjective success rates were statistically similar in both groups. The patient satisfaction and life quality rates scores were also statistically similar in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: Transobturator tape procedure provides high success rates in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. As for both internal-external and external-internal techniques, the success rates, the patient satisfaction and postoperative life quality scores were similar
%K Transobturator tape
%K Stres ¨¹riner inkontinans
%K Cerrahi teknik
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/kocatepetip/issue/36792/419034