• Wen-Chen Huang, Jenn-Ming Yang, and Hsin-Fu Chen.
• Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. Electronic address: huangwc.galaxy@hotmail.com.
• Maturitas. 2020 Aug 1; 138: 42-50.

ObjectivesTo report 5-year clinical and imaging outcomes of primary transoburator midurethral sling (TOT) procedures for uncomplicated urodynamic stress incontinence (USI).Materials And MethodsWe retrospectively investigated the data of 136 women who underwent primary TOT procedures for uncomplicated USI. All women received preoperative as well as 1-year and 5-year postoperative assessments comprising clinical interview, pelvic examination, and introital four-dimensional (4D) ultrasound. The primary outcome was stress urinary incontinence (SUI), defined as the report of SUI in patient interview, a positive response to item 3 of the short form of the Urogenital Distress Inventory (UDI-6), or a positive cough stress test and negative dysuria or urinalysis. Secondary outcomes included SUI severity, SUI bother, scores on the short forms of the UDI-6 and Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ-7), rates of de novo overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms, de novo voiding dysfunction, groin/thigh pain, and sling exposure, as well as ultrasound manifestations of bladder neck, midurethra, and sling.ResultsAt 1 and 5 years, rates for SUI (7.4% vs 8.8%, P = 0.824), de novo OAB symptoms (4.4% vs 5.1%, P = 1.000), de novo voiding dysfunction (11.2% vs 10.3%, P = 1.000), groin/thigh pain (3.7% vs 0.7%, P = 0.216), and sling exposure (2.2% vs 0.0%, P = 0.246) were similar. Scores on the UDI-6 and IIQ-7 were significantly decreased postoperatively. Sling location and a more cranioventral midurethral location were sustained during follow-up.ConclusionsFor uncomplicated USI, TOT has good and sustained clinical and imaging outcomes, though a notable rate of de novo voiding dysfunction.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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