The tension‐free vaginal tape operation: Is the inexperienced surgeon a risk factor? Learning curve and Swedish quality reference

Nüssler, Emil K.; Löfgren, Mats; Lindkvist, Håkan; Idahl, Annika

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“…A recent Swedish study showed that there is a learning curve, but the small effect size shows no clinical significance. The authors concluded that training new TVT surgeons will not expose patients to extra risks and will achieve the same results as the most experienced surgeon [41].…”

Section: Is Handling By the Surgeon Important?mentioning

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Surgical treatment of female stress incontinence: impact of changed views on polypropylene

2021

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The introduction of the tensionfree vaginal tape in 1995 drastically changed the landscape of surgical procedures for stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Because of the uncomplicated technique many urologists and gynecologists embraced the procedure with tripled the number of annual procedures in the beginning of this century. At the same time polypropylene was used for the development of surgical procedures of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Especially the use of polypropylene for POP has caused many severe clinical complications. This caused a huge reduction of these kind of surgical procedures and it is performed nowadays only under strict conditions. At the same time the use of polypropylene for SUI was scrutinized and questioned. Nowadays, in the Ango-Saxon countries the use of polypropylene tapes for SUI is not recommended. This manuscript explores the role of polypropylene tapes for SUI. Questions that are dealt with are: How dangerous are polypropylene tapes anyway? What are the alternatives? Which factors contribute to a successful outcome of stress incontinence surgery?

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Section: Is Handling By the Surgeon Important?mentioning

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Surgical treatment of female stress incontinence: impact of changed views on polypropylene

2021

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The tension‐free vaginal tape operation: Is the inexperienced surgeon a risk factor? Learning curve and Swedish quality reference

Abstract: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

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Surgical treatment of female stress incontinence: impact of changed views on polypropylene

Surgical treatment of female stress incontinence: impact of changed views on polypropylene

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