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Jang, Bae, and Lee: Incidence and Risk Factors of Postoperative De Novo Voiding Dysfunction following Midurethral Sling Procedures

Abstract

Purpose

To compare the incidence of postoperative de novo voiding dysfunction and to identify the risk factors affecting the development of de novo voiding dysfunction after various midurethral sling (MUS) procedures for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Materials and Methods

Women with SUI underwent MUS by various procedures [tension-free vaginal tape (TVT), tension-free vaginal tape obturator (TVTO), tension-free obturator tape (TOT), or TVT-secure]. Cases were reviewed retrospectively with followup of at least 6 months. The subjects were divided into 2 groups according to the presence of postoperative de novo voiding dysfunction. De novo voiding dysfunction was defined as a low maximal uroflow rate (Qmax<15 ml/s) or a large postvoided residual urine volume (PVR >100 ml) observed at 6 months postoperatively. Clinical and urodynamic parameters were compared between the voiding dysfunction (Group I) and normal voiding (Group II) groups according to MUS procedure.

Results

Of the 625 subjects, 163 (26%) patients showed evidence of de novo voiding dysfunction (Group I). Of these 163 subjects, 12 (7.3%) patients complained of voiding symptoms. There was no difference in the incidence of de novo voiding dysfunction according to MUS procedure. Multivariate analysis showed Qmax to be the only independent risk factor for de novo voiding dysfunction.

Conclusions

This study confirmed the considerable incidence of postoperative de novo voiding dysfunction, which is, however, mostly asymptomatic. As preoperative Qmax decreased, the chance of postoperative de novo voiding dysfunction increased. Identification of risk factors of voiding dysfunction in women undergoing MUS may help in planning for better followup and early detection of possibly inherent late complications of voiding dysfunction.

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Table 1.
Comparisons of demographic data between the postoperative voiding dysfunction group (Group 1) and the normal voiding group (Group 2)
  Total patients Group 1 Group 2 p-value
No. of patients 625 163 462  
Age (years) 51.6±9.4 51.2±9.3 53.1±9.9 0.124a
Body mass index 25.1±3.2 25.1±3.2 25.2±3.4 0.810a
Diabetes mellitus (+) 34 (5.4%) 8 (7.5%) 26 (5.0%) 0.829b
Parity (number of birth) 2.5±1.6 2.5±1.1 2.6±1.2 0.639b
Stamey sx grade (I/II/III) 204/405/16 38/64/5 166/341/11 0.843b
Cystocele (I/II/III/IV) 207/79/19/5 36/22/5/2 171/57/14/3 0.721b
Rectocele 37 9 28 0.562b
Surgical methods        
 TVT 245 52 193  
 TVTO 128 32 96 0.294
 TOT 115 21 94 0.294
 TVT-secure 131 23 108  
Preoperative        
 Qmax (ml/sec)   21.3±11.7 25.2±10.2 <0.001a
 Voided volme (ml)   249.0±129.2 268.5±132.9 0.172a
 Postvoid, residual (ml)   30.3±34.9 20.7±43.7 0.922a
 Pdetmax (mmHg)   21.7±14.4 20.5±12.2 0.416a
Delta Qmax (ml/sec)   −11.79±6.65 −4.9±6.55 <0.001a,c

TVT: tension-free vaginal tape, TVTO: tension-free vaginal tape obturator, TOT: tension-free obturator tape, Qmax: maximal uroflow rate, Delta Qmax: postoperative Qmax-preoperative Qmax

a independent-sample t-test,

b Pearson's chi-square test,

c paired t-test

Table 2.
Analysis of risk factors for postoperative voiding dysfunctionafter midurethral sling
  OR 95% CI p-valuea
Age 1.012 50.90-52.37 0.518
Height 1.107 15.21-16.06 0.582
Weight 0.901 60.90-62.11 0.700
Body mass index 0.803 24.89-25.40 0.754
Parity 0.987 2.33-2.50 0.831
Diabetes mellitus 0.908   0.601
Symptom duration 0.998 49.57-59.26 0.321
Cystocele      
 1 0.776   0.814
 2 1.454   1.459
 3 0.862   0.834
 4 1.103   0.993
Symptom grade      
 1      
 2 0.091   0.688
 3 0.546   0.650
Preoperative      
 Qmax (ml/sec) 0.95 23.73-25.0 <0.001
 Postvoid, residual (ml) 1.00 17.48-24.11 1.000
Pdetmax (mmHg) 0.985 21.45-22.72 0.985

OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, Qmax: maximal uroflow rate

a logistic regression analysis

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