Table 1.
Results from the 6–12-month follow-up
| Outcomes | Antibiotics N = 9131 |
No antibiotics N = 19,556 |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases/total | Percentage | Cases/total | Percentage | ||
| Surgical site infection (total) | 51/9131 | 0.6 | 231/19,556 | 1.2 | < 0.01 |
| Surgical site infection (deep) | 14/9131 | 0.2 | 95/19,556 | 0.5 | < 0.01 |
| Tape exposure | 150/9131 | 1.6 | 221/19,556 | 1.1 | < 0.01 |
| De novo UUIa | 224/1590 | 14.1 | 573/3865 | 14.8 | 0.48 |
| Persistent UUIb | 3382/6659 | 50.8 | 7186/14,012 | 51.3 | 0.51 |
| Subjective cure rate of SUIc | 6249/8159 | 76.6 | 14,092/17,726 | 79.5 | < 0.01 |
| Objective cure rate of SUId | 5569/6364 | 87.5 | 13,039/14,367 | 90.8 | < 0.01 |
| Very satisfied with treatment | 6992/8423 | 83.0 | 15,257/18,297 | 83.4 | 0.45 |
| Postoperative pain > 3 months | 37/9131 | 0.4 | 125/19,556 | 0.6 | 0.01 |
aPostoperative urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) index score ≥ 2, when having a preoperative score of 0
bUrgency urinary incontinence (UUI) index score ≥ 2 before and after surgery
cPostoperative stress urinary incontinence (SUI) index score ≤ 2
d0 g leakage on the postoperative cough/jump pad-weighing stress test