TVT versus laparoscopic mesh colposuspension: 5-year follow-up results of a randomized clinical trial - UTU Research Portal

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TVT versus laparoscopic mesh colposuspension: 5-year follow-up results of a randomized clinical trial

Authors: Valpas A, Ala-Nissila S, Tomas E, Nilsson C

Publisher: SPRINGER LONDON LTD

Publication year: 2015

Journal: International Urogynecology Journal

Journal name in source: INTERNATIONAL UROGYNECOLOGY JOURNAL

Journal acronym: INT UROGYNECOL J

Volume: 26

Issue: 1

First page : 57

Last page: 63

Number of pages: 7

ISSN: 0937-3462

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-014-2454-2

Abstract

By per protocol analysis both objective and subjective cure rates were significantly higher in the TVT group than in the LCM group. If cases that were lost to follow-up were regarded as failures, the intension-to-treat analysis found no difference between the groups.