Methods | RCT of SAFYRE TOT with autologous pubovaginal sling. Randomisation method unclear. Follow‐up 6 months | |
Participants | 20 women (average age of 52.5 years ± 11.8 years) with both USI and SUI but without detrusor overactivity The 2 groups had similar characteristics with respect to age, parity, BMI, menopausal status, presence of pelvic floor defects, and mean Valsalva leak point pressure in the preoperative UDS |
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Interventions | A (10): pubovaginal sling B (10): SAFYRE TOT |
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Outcomes | Cure rates and intraoperative and postoperative morbidity. Women were declared objectively cured when they had a postoperative pad test of ≤ 8 g All participants were preoperatively evaluated by history, physical examination, QoL questionnaire (King's Health Questionnaire), a 24‐h pad weight test, a 2‐d voiding diary, and a multichannel urodynamic study that included uroflowmetry, post‐void residual volume measurement by urethral catheter, and a cystometrogram. The objective quantification of the severity of incontinence was done by the mean stress leaking point pressure in the urodynamic study. Preoperative measurements included the type of anaesthesia, duration of surgery, intraoperative complications, occurrence of combined procedures, and hospital stay. At 6‐month follow‐up the aforementioned measurements were carried out excluding UDS. Post operative pad test (mean (SD)): A: 8.4 (16.44), B: 39.4 (39.53) g; P = 0.01 Operative time (mean (SD)): A: 69.5 (23.7), B: 21.1 (3.8) min; P < 0.001 Length of hospital stay (mean (SD)): A: 44.4 (5.8), B: 28.8 (8.4) h; P < 0.001 |
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Notes | SAFYRE consists of a monofilament polypropylene mesh between two silicone columns that are made of multiple cone‐shaped soft tissue anchors. The two columns are fixed to the obturator muscle. The pubovaginal sling uses rectus fascia | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not mentioned |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not mentioned |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not mentioned |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | No missing outcome data |