NO INCISION TRANSVAGINAL RETROPUBIC URETHROPEXY FOR THE TREATMENT OF FEMALE STRESS URINARY-INCONTINENCE

From August 1991 until April 1994, a total of 45 simplified double-nee dle bladder neck suspensions for genuine stress incontinence were perf ormed to assess the effectiveness and perioperative morbidity of the p rocedure. After a mean follow-up of 26 months, the cure rate was 82.2% . The average operating time was 20.4 min, and the average hospital st ay was 2.4 days. The main intraoperative complication was suture in th e bladder in 10 (22.2%) patients, and the main postoperative complicat ion was urinary retention in 7 (15.5%) patients. We believe that the f ast operative time, relatively high success rate, acceptable morbidity , and technical simplicity make this an ideal operation for the correc tion of stress urinary incontinence.