Explore › Finding
Finding improvement
At 3 months, the sling group had significantly greater improvement in urinary symptoms (PFDI including UDI stress subscale and Incontinence Severity Index) than the sham group, but at 12 months only the UDI stress subscale and ISI differences persisted, with no significant differences in generic health, other pelvic-floor symptoms, quality of life, sexual function, or pain at either timepoint.
Effect sizeGreater improvement in UDI stress subscale and ISI in sling group at 3 and 12 months
Follow-up12 months
ComparatorSham incisions
Effect summaryimprovement; Greater improvement in UDI stress subscale and ISI in sling group at 3 and 12 months

Connected entities

Interventions
retropubic midurethral sling
Conditions
Urinary incontinence care
Outcomes
Urinary symptom change
Populations
Postmenopausal Women

Source

PMC3433843
A Midurethral Sling to Reduce Incontinence after Vaginal Prolapse Repair
Read on PMC → · View in graph →