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Obstetrics & Gynecology 2001;98:1011-1017
© 2001 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Survey of Voiding Dysfunction and Urinary Retention After Anti-Incontinence Procedures

John K. Nguyen, MD, Carol A. Glowacki, MD and Narender N. Bhatia, MD

From the Division of Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Bellflower; and the Division of Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance, California.

Address reprint requests to: John K. Nguyen, MD, Division of Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, 9449 E. Imperial Highway, Suite C337, Downey, CA 90242; E-mail: john.n.nguyen{at}kp.org.

OBJECTIVE: To describe trends in the management of prolonged voiding dysfunction and urinary retention after anti-incontinence procedures.

METHODS: Physician members of the American Urogynecologic Society were queried by means of a two-page questionnaire regarding the management of prolonged voiding dysfunction and urinary retention after anti-incontinence procedures.

RESULTS: A total of 344 (42%) of 825 questionnaires were completed and returned. Of the 344 respondents, 61% identified themselves as urogynecologists, 50% worked in a university-affiliated practice, and 26% had been in practice for 11–20 years. Respondents rarely encountered prolonged urinary retention after anti-incontinence procedures. Among the respondents, 30% allowed 3–6 months for resumption of spontaneous voiding before performing surgical revision, and 90% performed multichannel urodynamic studies before surgical revision. However, 66% performed surgical revision transabdominally when urinary retention occurred after retropubic urethropexy, and 61–81% of respondents performed surgical revision transvaginally when urinary retention followed needle suspension, pubovaginal sling, or tension-free vaginal tape procedures. A total of 90–96% did not perform an anti-incontinence procedure concomitantly with surgical revision. The majority of respondents reported spontaneous voiding in greater than 80% of patients, and recurrent stress urinary incontinence in less than 10% of patients after surgical revision.

CONCLUSION: Although certain trends in the management of prolonged urinary retention after anti-incontinence procedures were identified, there was no clear consensus on the method of surgical revision used, nor the management of recurrent stress urinary incontinence after surgical revision. Randomized clinical trials are required to determine the optimal management of prolonged urinary retention after anti-incontinence procedures.






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