Continence and complications rates after male slings as primary surgery for post-prostatectomy incontinence: A systematic review


Submitted: June 24, 2013
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Published: June 24, 2013
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Objectives: to analyze continence and complications rates after male slings as first line surgical treatment, in order to improve patient counseling for the management of SUI postprostatectomy. Method: A MedLine search using specified search terms was done on January 23, 2012. This research rendered 160 records. Results: No controlled trial was available for analysis. The majority of papers dealing with out- come and complications came from a few centres. At a median follow-up of 15 months the pooled cure rates for all kinds of slings was 77.4; in the AdVance group the pooled cure rates was 72.5%; in the InVance group it was 74.2% while in the Remeex group it was 84.3%. Conclusions: Only a few number observational studies addressed review selection criteria. The pooled overall cure rates is high but there are no data concerning reliable pre- and postopera- tive prognostic factors affecting treatment failure and complications rates, thus it is not possi- ble to have suitable criteria for a better patient selection. The statistically pooled results obtained should be interpreted with caution because of several limitations due to several study selection limitations: observational study design, few number of analysed studies, heterogene- ity, lack of outcome definition and standardisation, between-study variability, high risk of bias.

Cerruto, M. A., D’Elia, C., & Artibani, W. (2013). Continence and complications rates after male slings as primary surgery for post-prostatectomy incontinence: A systematic review. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 85(2), 92–95. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2013.2.92

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