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The Effect of Obesity on the Outcome of Successful Surgery for Genuine Stress Incontinence
Author(s) -
Brieger Geoffrey,
Korda Andrew
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1992.tb01905.x
Subject(s) - obesity , outcome (game theory) , medicine , stress incontinence , stress (linguistics) , physical therapy , urinary incontinence , surgery , economics , philosophy , linguistics , mathematical economics
Summary In a study of 190 patients with genuine stress incontinence, 91 patients were of normal weight, 66 overweight and 33 obese as determined by their Body Mass Index at the time of operation which was either a colposuspension (143) or a silastic sling insertion (47). Body mass index was found to significantly alter the outcome.