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Clinical Trial
. 2000 Jan;182(1 Pt 1):30-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(00)70487-x.

A prospective randomized study comparing modified Burch retropubic urethropexy and suburethral sling for treatment of genuine stress incontinence with low-pressure urethra

P K Sand  1 , H Winkler, D W Blackhurst, P J Culligan
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Clinical Trial

A prospective randomized study comparing modified Burch retropubic urethropexy and suburethral sling for treatment of genuine stress incontinence with low-pressure urethra

P K Sand et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare a modified Burch procedure with a suburethral sling for the treatment of stress incontinence complicated by a low-pressure urethra.

Study design: Thirty-six women with stress incontinence, low-pressure urethra, and urethral hypermobility (straining cotton swab angle >/=30 degrees ) were randomly assigned to undergo either a modified Burch procedure (n = 19) or a suburethral sling (n = 17). Objective and subjective cure rates at 3 months after the operation were the primary outcome measures. Comparisons of group means were performed with the Student t test for independent groups, and proportions were compared with the Fisher exact test.

Results: After the operation the 2 groups had statistically similar cure rates and voiding function. Urethral closure pressure, pressure transmission ratios, and maximum detrusor pressure during voiding were significantly higher in the sling group.

Conclusion: At 3 months there were no clinically significant differences between the groups treated with suburethral sling and modified Burch procedures.

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