Table 2.

Efficacy estimates from reviewed literature

	Pad test
	Efficacy	Patients	Follow-up period
Transurethral radiofrequency energy collagen microremodeling
Elser 2011 [4]	35%a	136	36 months
TVT, retropubic midurethral synthetic sling
Liapis 2002 [14]	84%b	36	24 months
Liapis 2006 [15]	89%b	46	12 months
Richter 2010 [12]	92.3%c	298	12 months
Wang 2003 [16]	81.6%d	49	12 months
Ward 2004 [11]	77.7%b	175	24 months
Ward 2007 [17]	74.9%b	175	5 years
TOT, transobturator midurethral synthetic sling
Liapis 2006 [15]	90%b	43	12 months
Richter 2010 [12]	93%c	299	12 months
Burch colposuspension surgery
Albo 2007 [9]	85%c	255	24 months
Liapis 2002 [14]	86%b	35	24 months
Ward 2004 [11]	68%b	169	24 months
Ward 2007 [17]	69%b	169	5 years
Traditional bladder-neck autologous sling
Albo 2007 [9]	86%c	265	24 months

Two- and 5-year results from Ward 2004 and Ward 2007 were interpolated to estimate a 3-year measure for modeling

^a20-min pad test, dry pad measured as <1 g

^b1-h pad test, dry pad measured as <1 g

^c24-h pad test, dry pad measured as <15 g

^d1-h pad test, dry pad measured as <2 g