Hindawi Publishing Corporation Obstetrics and Gynecology International Volume 2011, Article ID 746393, 3 pages doi:10.1155/2011/746393 Research Article Obesity and the Incidence of Bladder Injury and Urinary Retention Following Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Procedure: Retrospective Cohort Study Vladimir Revicky, Sambit Mukhopadhyay, Frances de Boer, and Edward P. Morris Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK Correspondence should be addressed to Vladimir Revicky, revicky@yahoo.com Received 24 March 2011; Accepted 3 May 2011 Academic Editor: Faustino R. Pe´rez-Lo´ pez Copyright © 2011 Vladimir Revicky et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background/Aims. Aim of the study was to establish an eﬀect of obesity on the incidence of bladder injury or urinary retention following tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure. Methods. This was a retrospective cohort study based at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in the UK. Study population included 342 cases of TVT procedures. Incidence of bladder injury was 4.7% (16/342). Rate of urinary retention was 9% (31/342). Body mass index (BMI), age, type of analgesia, concomitant prolapse repair, and previous surgery were factors studied. Univariate analysis was performed to establish a relationship between BMI and complications, followed by a multivariable regression analysis to adjust for age, concomitant surgery, type of analgesia, and previous surgery. Results. Neither univariate analysis nor multivariate regression analysis revealed any statistically signiﬁcant inﬂuence of obesity on the incidence of bladder injury or urinary retention. Unadjusted odds ratios and adjusted odds ratios for bladder injury and urinary retention by BMI groups were OR 1.7296 CI 0.4818–6.2097; OR 1.3745 CI 0.5718–3.3043 and adj. OR 2.885 CI 0.603–13.8; adj. OR 1.299 CI 0.502–3.365. Conclusion. Obesity does not appear to inﬂuence the rate of bladder injury or urinary retention following TVT procedure. 1. Introduction An involuntary urine leakage on eﬀort or exertion or on sneezing or coughing without increase in detrusor pressure is deﬁned as stress urinary incontinence (SUI) [1]. The prevalence of SUI in nulliparous women is estimated to 4.7%, age-standardized prevalence in women with history of Caesarean section is 6.9% and with history of vaginal delivery is 12.2% [2]. However, some reports estimated that SUI may be aﬀecting up to 30% of women [3]. Pathophysiology of SUI was explained by hypermobility of the urethra and bladder neck during exertion [4]. Provided, surgical treat- ment for SUI is considered, retropubic mid-urethral tape procedure using a “bottom-up” approach with macroporous polypropylene meshes is recommended [5]. In 1996, tension- free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure was described for the ﬁrst time and it quickly became one of the most popular procedures worldwide [6, 7]. Although TVT is considered minimally invasive, it carries risk of immediate surgical complications as bladder injury and injury to pelvic vessels and bowel [8–10]. Further, urge incontinence and voiding dysfunction are recognised postoperative complications [8, 10]. Currently, there is conﬂicting evidence on the eﬀect of obesity on peri- and postoperative complications in previous studies. Obesity is deﬁned by a body mass index (BMI) that is equal or greater than 30 kg/m2. In 2003, estimated prevalence of overweight and obese women was 56% [11]. As a result, the aim of this study was to determine the eﬀect of obesity on the incidence of bladder injury and urinary retention following tension-free vaginal tape procedure. 2. Materials and Methods This was a retrospective cohort study based at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in the UK. TVT was deﬁned as retropubic mid-urethral tape procedure using a “bottom-up” approach with macroporous polypropylene