A standardized telephone interview with validated questionnaires for very long‐term evaluation of women lost to follow‐up after a stress urinary incontinence procedure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Kuprasertkul ◽  
Alana L. Christie ◽  
Philippe Zimmern
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Stress Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Telephone Interview ◽  
Validated Questionnaires ◽  
Term Evaluation ◽  
Lost To Follow Up

scholarly journals Mini-Arc for the Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Long-Term Prospective Evaluation by Patient Reported Outcomes

ISRN Urology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Oliveira ◽  
Alexandre Resende ◽  
Carlos Silva ◽  
Paulo Dinis ◽  
Francisco Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Stress Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Female Stress Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Patient Global Impression ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
Term Evaluation ◽  
High Degree

Single-incision slings were introduced in the surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) to lessen the morbidity associated with traditional midurethral slings. However, long-term reports on patient satisfaction are still scarce. This study describes the outcome of women treated with Mini-Arc at a mean follow-up of 45 months. In a previous report on 105 women with 15-month mean follow-up, 84 (80%) were found cured and 12 (11%) improved. Now, with a mean follow-up of 45 months, cured/improved patients were reassessed by telephone and completed Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I), Patient Global Impression of Severity (PGI-S), rated their improvement in a 0–100 scale, and answered if they would recommend the procedure. At 45-month follow-up, 73 women cured/improved were available for evaluation. Over 80% of the cured patients rated the improvement of SUI by the PGI-I as “very much better” or “much better,” reported their urinary tract condition to be “normal” on PGI-S, and described their improvement >70%. Ninety percent would recommend this procedure to a friend. The improved-patient population is very small (n=7). This study shows that the majority of patients cured/improved after Mini-Arc placement maintain a high degree of satisfaction at a long-term evaluation.

scholarly journals The Raz Bladder Suspensions: Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence: 10 Years Personal Experience

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest H Agatstein ◽  
Shlomo Raz
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Stress Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Stress Incontinence ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
P Value ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Validated Questionnaires ◽  
Lost To Follow Up ◽  
Patient Self Assessment

Introduction : We report on one surgeon’s clinical experience with the 2 and 4 corner Raz bladder suspension performed for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (alone or associated with cystocoele repair) in a consecutive patient cohort between 2003 and 2012 reporting short and longer term results. Materials and Methods : We performed a retrospective study of consecutive patients who underwent a 2 or 4 corner Raz bladder suspension by one surgeon (EHA ) to treat stress urinary incontinence over a period of time from Jan 1 2003 -Sept 2012. 3 month and longer term outcomes was determined by patient self assessment including validated questionnaires. Results : 98.7% of 82 patients reported no stress incontinence at 3 months Longer term follow-up was available on 48 (65%) patients. Of those lost to follow up, 8 were deceased. Mean age was 66.1 years. Mean follow up was 48.2 months (range 4-111months). 21 of the 48 (44%)patients were beyond 48 months. 41 of 48 (85%) patients were either delighted, pleased or mostly satisfied. 42 of 48 patients (87.5 %) had 50 % or more improvement. Pad use of 2.6 decreased to 0.9 pads with P value less than 0.0001. Conclusion : The Raz bladder suspension has good short and longer term results in relieving stress incontinence in addition to low morbidity and lower costs without the use of any mesh product.

Macroplastique Implantation System for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Long-Term Follow-Up

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 1082-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Tadeu Nunes Tamanini ◽  
Carlos Arturo Levi D'Ancona ◽  
Nelson Rodrigues Netto
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Stress Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Female Stress Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

scholarly journals Long-Term Evaluation of the Use of the Transdermal Contraceptive Patch in Adolescents

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 512-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Logsdon ◽  
Jessica Richards ◽  
Hatim A. Omar
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Skin Irritation ◽  
Adolescent Medicine ◽  
Outpatient Center ◽  
Term Evaluation ◽  
Complete Detachment ◽  
Lost To Follow Up ◽  
Contraceptive Patch

The transdermal contraceptive patch, Ortho Evra™, was approved in December 2001 and released on the market in June 2002. In this study, we reviewed clinical data of young women who started the patch between June 2002 and December 2003 in the adolescent medicine clinic at a university-based outpatient center. A total of 62 patients started the patch in that period and two of them were lost to follow-up. Mean age of patients was 17.9 years and mean length of use was 10 cycles. Only 10 patients (16.7%) discontinued use. Reasons for discontinuation were moderate to severe skin irritation (3 patients, 5%), complete detachment (3 patients, 5%), and economic reasons (4 patients, 6.7%). Compliance was excellent overall and the side-effects profile was good. No pregnancies occurred during this period. These results confirmed that the transdermal contraceptive patch is easy to use and an effective method of birth control that may be better tolerated by young women. It also seemed to improve contraceptive compliance in this population.

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