Abstract

MIRABAL FARINAS, Amparo et al. Suspensión retropúbica en mujeres con incontinencia urinaria de esfuerzoRetropubic suspension in women with forced urinary incontinence. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.9, pp.1260-1266. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross sectional study of 60 patients with forced urinary incontinence, assisted in the Urology Department of "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Provincial Clinical surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from January, 2003 to same month of 2012, with the aim of evaluating the use of the surgical technique of retropubic suspension in them. Among the relevant results of the series there were: average age 50 years, forced urinary incontinence degree III (48.0%) and II (28.0%) and a high percentage of immediate postoperative continence (95.3). After 3 months of practicing the intervention the continence was 92.2%, while after 6 and 9 months a continence of 87.5% was obtained. It was concluded that the retropubic suspension is a procedure of high effectiveness to treat patients with forced urinary incontinence and mixed urinary, incontinence due to its simple realization and the scarce complications which take place, what influences favorably in the hospital stay

Keywords : woman; forced urinary incontinence; retropubic suspension; Urology Department; secondary health care.

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