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Obstetrics & Gynecology 2002;99:1067-1072
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Recognition of Occult Bladder Injury During the Tension-free Vaginal Tape Procedure

S. Abbas Shobeiri, MD, Alan D. Garely, MD, Ralph R. Chesson, MD and Thomas E. Nolan, MD, MBA

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana; and the North Shore University Hospital, Great Neck, New York.

Address reprint requests to: S. Abbas Shobeiri, MD, Louisiana State University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, 1542 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112; E-mail: Shobeiri{at}yahoo.com.

OBJECTIVE: To identify signs and the etiology of occult bladder injury during the tension-free vaginal tape sling procedure.

METHOD: The charts of 140 women who underwent a tension-free vaginal tape procedure were reviewed, and complications were tabulated and analyzed. The tension-free vaginal tape procedure was performed in six fresh-frozen pelves to demonstrate the mechanism of the occult bladder injury.

RESULTS: Occult bladder injury was suspected when cystoscopy instillation fluid flowed from the plastic sheath that covers the prolene tape after the extraction of the tension-free vaginal tape trocar. Three of six cases of intraoperative bladder injury had occult bladder injury identified on repeat cystoscopic inspection. The bladder injury caused by the rough edge at the point of attachment of the tension-free vaginal tape to the trocar was reproducible in three of 12 tension-free vaginal tape applications in fresh-frozen pelves. Traction on the tension-free vaginal tape reapproximates the injured bladder edges and potentially promotes spontaneous healing.

CONCLUSION: Bladder injuries may go unrecognized during a tension-free vaginal tape procedure. Continuous seepage of water through the prolene plastic sleeve is suggestive of occult bladder injury and requires repeat cystoscopy to identify the potential site of injury.






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