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Long‐term follow‐up results with the Stamey operation for stress incontinence of urine
Author(s) -
Mills R.,
Persad R.,
Handley Ashken M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1996.81613.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urge incontinence , urinary incontinence , cure rate , surgery , urology
Objective To assess the results of the Stamey operation for genuine stress incontinence in those patients with over 10 years of follow‐up. Patients and methods Of 46 patients who had undergone a Stamey procedure and had a follow‐up of over 10 years, 30 were willing to attend for a clinical review and pad testing. Results Of the 30 patients assessed, 20 were initially cured, a further eight were significantly improved and two were no better. At 10 years, the number totally dry had fallen to 10, but a further 15 were still symptomatically improved. Only three that had shown some initial benefit were subjectively no better than before the operation. Conclusion There appears to be a continuous decline in the cure rate with time from the Stamey procedure. However, most patients maintain some lasting benefit.