Table 6. Sling-related measurements of the patients with regard to outcome.
|
- |
Outcome |
- |
|
|
Variables |
Cured (n=14) |
Other (n=10) |
p |
|
Sling-bladder neck, mm |
22.07±4.36 |
22.37±2.06 |
0.825† |
|
Relative sling position, % |
- |
- |
- |
|
1st month |
70.51±9.74 |
70.81±7.08 |
0.934† |
|
6th month |
71.21±7.76 |
72.69±6.68 |
0.644† |
|
Sling-symphysis distance, mm |
- |
- |
- |
|
1st month |
19.54±2.97 |
21.51±3.55 |
0.154† |
|
6th month |
21.20±3.36 |
19.87±3.37 |
0.170† |
|
Sling-urethra distance, mm |
- |
- |
- |
|
1st month |
5.86±2.11 |
5.02±2.58 |
0.387† |
|
6th month |
5.31±1.36 |
3.72±2.16 |
0.071† |
|
Sling status |
- |
- |
- |
|
Symmetrical, n |
13 (92.86%) |
6 (66.67%) |
0.260§ |
|
Asymmetrical, n |
1 (7.14%) |
3 (33.33%) |
|
|
Sling shape |
- |
- |
- |
|
Straight line, n |
11 (78.57%) |
6 (66.67%) |
0.762¶ |
|
Curved, n |
0 (0.00%) |
1 (11.11%) |
|
|
Folded “V”, n |
3 (21.43%) |
2 (22.22%) |
|
|
Complication, n |
5 (35.71%) |
3 (30.00%) |
1.000§ |
Descriptive statistics were presented using mean ± standard deviation for normally distributed continuous variables, median (25th percentile-75th percentile) for non-normally distributed continuous variables and frequency (percentage) for categorical variables. †Student’s t-test, §Fisher’s exact test, ¶Fisher-Freeman Halton test