4. Urinary Incontinence
A condition in which involuntary loss of
urine is a social or hygienic problem and
is objectively demonstrated.
International Continence Society
5. Risk factors
• Congenital abnormalities
• Developmental or behavioural factors
• Female
• Childbirth
• Aging and the menopause
• Medical disorders
• Surgery or other trauma
• Drug therapy
∀ ↑ abdominal pressure or pelvic mass
36. Colposuspension
• Continence rate of 85 –90% at 1 year
• Falls to 70% at 5 years
• Cochrane review – most effective treatment for SI
esp. in the long term
• Data up to 12 years
40. Obturator Canal
with Vessels
Obturator Foramen
Transobturator Midurethral Sling
Urethra
Delivery Needle
Point of Entry
Retropubic Midurethral Sling Inferior Pubic Ramus
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41.
42.
43.
44. TVT
• At 3 years
– 86% cured
– 11% improved
• Approved by NICE
“Similar subjective and
objective continence rates to
colposuspension with shorter
hospital stay”
• Need for long term
data!
• Bladder perforation
3.8 %
• Voiding Dysfunction
2.3%
45.
46.
47. Transobturator Tape
• NICE Guidelines January 2005
• Current evidence on safety and short term
efficacy support the use of the TOT
49. Medical Therapy for SI
• DULOXETINE ( Yentreve)
• Blocks the reuptake of serotonin &
noradrenaline in the sacral spinal cord
• Believed to increase pudendal nerve
activity increasing sphincter contraction &
thus reducing stress urinary incontinence
symptoms
50. Medical Therapy for SI
• Mild to moderate primary stress incontinence
in a primary care setting
• Family not complete
• On the waiting list for surgery
• To facilitate pelvic floor retraining
• Unfit for surgery
• Declines surgery
• Mixed incontinence
55. Commonly used drugs
• ANTICHOLINERGICS
• Oxybutynin: 2.5 mg bd - 5 mg qds and ER/ Patch
•NB NICE guidelines 1st
line as cheap but Ses +
• Tolterodine: 1 mg - 2 mg bd and ER
• Fesoterodine: 4-8mg od
• Propiverine: 15 mg bd-tds
• Trospium chloride: 20 mg bd-tds
• Solifenacin 5 –10mg od
•May be used empirically with fluid restrictionMay be used empirically with fluid restriction aandnd
bladder drill if fails refer for UDS. Success 60 - 70%bladder drill if fails refer for UDS. Success 60 - 70%
73. Aims of prolapse surgery
• Alleviate symptoms
• Restore normal anatomy
• Restore normal visceral function
• Avoid new bladder or bowel symptoms
• Preserve sexual function
• Avoid surgical complications
74. Primary genital tract prolapse
Surgery
Uterine - hysterectomy or hysteropexy with vault support
Anterior or Posterior compartment -
•Primary - vaginal repair
•Recurrent prolapse - repair + mesh
- repair + sacrospinous fixation
76. Surgery for apical prolapse
VAGINAL SUSPENSION PROCEDURES
1. Sacrospinous ligament suspension / fixation
2. Modified McCall culdoplasty
3. Iliococcygeus fascia suspension
4. High uterosacral ligament suspension
5. LeFort partial colpocleisis
6. Colpectomy and colpocleisis
77. Surgery for apical prolapse
ABDOMINAL SUSPENSION PROCEDURES
1. Sacrocolpopexy
2. Sacrohysteropexy
3. High uterosacral ligament suspension
LAPAROSCOPIC SUSPENSION PROCEDURES
• All of the Abdominal Procedures +/-
reinforcement