A Stenberg, G Larsson, G Heimer, P Johnson, U Ulmsten
{"title":"Transurethral endoscopic treatment of urinary stress incontinence in women. Materials and results in former and present agents.","authors":"A Stenberg, G Larsson, G Heimer, P Johnson, U Ulmsten","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75400,"journal":{"name":"Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement","volume":"168 ","pages":"44-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20658920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of electrical stimulation on stress and urge urinary incontinence. Clinical outcome and practical recommendations based on randomized controlled trials.","authors":"K Bø","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The aim of the present study was to review the literature on randomized controlled trials of electrical stimulation to treat urge and stress urinary incontinence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Studies were compiled from Medline from 1980 till 1996 and manual searches of relevant journals. Randomized controlled studies full length published in English, German and Scandinavian languages were included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nine studies evaluating the effect of electrical stimulation on stress urinary incontinence and one study evaluating the effect of urge incontinence were found. Only three studies had a sufficient sample size to enable conclusion on stress urinary incontinence. Two demonstrated negative, and one positive effect (20%) cure and 46% improved measured by pad test). The study on urge incontinence demonstrated that there was no difference in effect after electrical stimulation or anticholinergic drugs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of randomized controlled trials evaluating the effect of electrical stimulation to treat stress and urge urinary incontinence are conflicting. There is a need for more randomized controlled trials with sufficient sample sizes, use of sensitive, reproducible and valid outcome measures, and optimal stimulation parameters. Based on the present knowledge pelvic floor muscle exercise should be the first choice of treatment for stress urinary incontinence.</p>","PeriodicalId":75400,"journal":{"name":"Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement","volume":"168 ","pages":"3-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20658461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H Bratt, K A Salvesen, B C Eriksen, S Kulseng-Hanssen
{"title":"Long-term effects ten years after maximal electrostimulation of the pelvic floor in women with unstable detrusor and urge incontinence.","authors":"H Bratt, K A Salvesen, B C Eriksen, S Kulseng-Hanssen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose was to study any long-term therapeutic effects of maximal electrical stimulation in female urge incontinence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A postal questionnaire containing six questions about urinary incontinence was distributed to 30 women who had been treated with maximal stimulation because of unstable detrusor and urge incontinence 9-13 years earlier. The response rate was 90% (27 women). The mean age at follow-up was 62 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-one (78%) women reported symptoms of urge incontinence. Among them, 13 had this problem daily, whereas eight only had problems weekly or even more seldom. Nineteen (70%) women reported symptoms of stress incontinence. Twenty-one women would have recommended maximal stimulation to a friend today.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>After approximately ten years most of the women had symptoms of urge incontinence. This was, however, a minor problem among a third of them. A majority of the women were satisfied with maximal stimulation as a treatment modality. The treatment had not prevented a later occurrence of stress incontinence.</p>","PeriodicalId":75400,"journal":{"name":"Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement","volume":"168 ","pages":"22-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20658464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aspects on the actual practice of surgical management of urinary incontinence in Norway and Finland.","authors":"G Lose, S Kulseng-Hanssen, C G Nilsson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To elucidate aspects of the actual practice of surgical management of urinary incontinence in Norway and Finland.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A questionnaire about preoperative diagnostic procedures, type of surgery, follow-up procedure and number of operations per center and per surgeon per year (1995) was sent to all departments of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Norway and Finland.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>Thirty-one (86%) of the Norwegian and 26 (90%) of the Finnish departments returned the questionnaire. More than 90% of the departments performed preoperative urodynamic evaluation. Burch colposuspension was used by more than 90% of the departments in the two countries. Generally the number of procedures per center and per department was low. Twenty-nine and 12% of the departments respectively did not perform any follow-up after surgery. Only 16% of the Norwegian and 23% of the Finnish centers had controlled results of surgery.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There seems to be a need for criteria of good clinical practice or a reference program for all steps of surgical management of stress incontinence in order to stimulate the process of quality development of this treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":75400,"journal":{"name":"Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement","volume":"168 ","pages":"25-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20658465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transvaginal needle bladder neck suspension for stress urinary incontinence: practicable methods but not optimal results.","authors":"W Fischer-Rasmussen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To describe the principal methods of needle bladder neck suspension including complications and to evaluate their cure rates.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The methods are described according to the original papers of Pereyra, Stamey and Raz. Figures of complications and cure rates are based on recent reviews and prospective studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The complication rates do not exceed those of other surgical procedures for stress incontinence. The frequencies of pain and suture removal, voiding disorder, and de novo detrusor instability are each in the range of 5-6%. Objectively assessed cure rates of the endoscopic needle bladder neck suspension are 87% after one year and for the non-endoscopic methods 70%. However, prospective studies have shown that this cure rates may deteriorate to approximately 40% after five years compared to 82% after the Burch colposupension.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The needle procedures should be reserved to patients who can only tolerate a minor surgical procedure and accept the risk of failure after a few years.</p>","PeriodicalId":75400,"journal":{"name":"Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement","volume":"168 ","pages":"38-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20658919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The tensionfree vaginal tape procedure (TVT) for treatment of female urinary incontinence. A minimal invasive surgical procedure.","authors":"C G Nilsson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To test the suitability of a new surgical procedure for treatment of female urinary incontinence to be used as an ambulatory and minimal invasive operation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirty-one consecutive patients with urodynamically proven stress incontinence had a tensionfree vaginal tape procedure performed. Operation time, the amount of anesthetics and analgetics used, postoperative mobilization, voiding patterns, residual urine volumes, per- and postoperative complications, hospital stay and need for sick leave were prospectively recorded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All 31 patients were cured from stress incontinence. Local anesthesia was used in all cases and additional analgetics were needed in only small doses. Seventy per cent of the patients were released from the hospital on the same day of the operation. By medical criteria 90% could have been released on the same day. No significant per- or postoperative complications occurred. Three patients needed postoperative catheterization. All but one patient was able to empty her bladder within 24 hours from the operation. An average of 15 days sick leave was prescribed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The tensionfree vaginal tape procedure seems to fulfil the criteria for being regarded as a minimal invasive surgical procedure for treatment of female urinary stress incontinence. It is highly effective and is associated with very few intra and postoperative side effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":75400,"journal":{"name":"Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement","volume":"168 ","pages":"34-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20658918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laparoscopic Burch colposuspension.","authors":"G Lose","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To review the available information on laparoscopic colposuspension.</p><p><strong>Method and material: </strong>One randomized controlled trial, four non-randomized comparative studies and ten open observational clinical series were reviewed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The available information was generally poor characterized by the small size of series, considerable variation in surgical techniques, short follow-up and mainly subjective assessment of outcome.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Laparoscopic colposuspension has been shown to be technically feasible but the therapeutic usability of the procedure remains to be documented. There is an urgent need for some large, rigorous prospective randomized studies</p>","PeriodicalId":75400,"journal":{"name":"Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement","volume":"168 ","pages":"29-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20658466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the subjective and objective effect of maximal electrical stimulation in patients complaining of urge incontinence.","authors":"S Kulseng-Hanssen, M Kristoffersen, E Larsen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Favorable results have been reported following Maximal Electrical Stimulation (MES) of patients with urgency and urge incontinence. However, patient groups have often been mixed and outcome measures poorly defined. We therefore wanted to treat a homogeneous patient population with MES and evaluate the effect by defined subjective and objective outcome measures.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eighteen female patients complaining of urge incontinence had MES performed. Before and 3 months after MES, the patients performed a 24 hour micturition chart and pad test. They indicated on a visual analogue scale their subjective degree of urgency and leakage and had an ambulatory urodynamic monitoring performed. Nine months after MES the patients were asked whether their urge incontinence was less, equal or more troublesome than before MES.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After MES the patients indicated significantly less urgency and leakage. A significant difference was not found in any of the objective outcome measures after MES. Six out of 18 patients (33%) found their urge incontinence less troublesome 9 months after MES, while 12 (66%) found it unchanged or more troublesome than before.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Significantly subjective effect was found following MES. However, none of the objective outcome measures were significantly improved. We were disappointed by the results and have stopped using the method.</p>","PeriodicalId":75400,"journal":{"name":"Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement","volume":"168 ","pages":"12-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20658462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advantages and pitfalls of functional electrical stimulation.","authors":"M Fall","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Functional electrical stimulation has many theoretical advantages. In clinical practice, very favorable results have been repeatedly presented. The experience now encompasses thirty years and a very large number of incontinent patients. Although the methods are widely used, they are differently appreciated. Problems include the fact that functional electrical stimulation does not belong to the therapeutic traditions in urology and gynecology, there is a need of personal training for successful treatment and there is a lack of systematic studies on different clinical applications. Significant advantages are a rational physiological basis, applicability in a variety of lower urinary tract dysfunctions, few side effects and a potential curative effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":75400,"journal":{"name":"Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement","volume":"168 ","pages":"16-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20658463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychosocial factors and small-for-gestational-age infants among parous Scandinavian women.","authors":"G Jacobsen, B Schei, H J Hoffman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>We wanted to analyze the association between small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births, defined as a newborn with a birthweight below the 15th percentile-for-gestational age, and socioeconomic and psychosocial risk factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Information on social background, psychological status, and life events was collected prospectively by use of questionnaires in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. The respondents were 1552 women who expected their second or third child and took part in a Scandinavian multicenter study of fetal growth and perinatal outcome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No significant differences were found in relational stress, state and trait anxiety, depression, and physical strain between SGA and non-SGA births, whereas smoking around time of conception and low prepregnant body mass were significant SGA birth predictors. Maternal and paternal education of nine years or less increased the SGA birth risk (RR 1.46 (95% CL 1.12; 1.92) and RR 1.34 (95% CL 1.01; 1.79), respectively. The increased risk from a low maternal education was still significant when body mass and low paternal education were controlled, but not after adjustment for maternal smoking. A protective effect of paternal, but not maternal, education of 12 years or more was also observed and retained its effect when maternal smoking and body mass were controlled.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this seemingly homogeneous Scandinavian population, parental education and maternal body proportion and life style influenced the prevalence of small-for-gestational-age births. Relational stress, anxiety, depression, and physical strain did not influence birth outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":75400,"journal":{"name":"Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement","volume":"165 ","pages":"14-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20164308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}