Open Retropubic Versus Laparoscopic Colposuspension (Burch Operation) Techniques for Female Stress or Mixed Urinary Incontinence; A Ten-year Experience in a Tertiary Center

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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To evaluate postoperative course, efficacy, and complication rates of Open Burch Colposuspension and Laparoscopic Burch Colposuspension techniques in stress or mixed urinary incontinence at a single training and research hospital over the last 10 years in Istanbul, Turkey.

Detailed Description
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A retrospective cohort study was conducted in all Burch Colposuspension cases performed between January 2001 and May 2022 at Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Center. All patients' data were reviewed from the electronic medical records and analyzed who underwent Burch colposuspension surgery either with an open or laparoscopic approach. The primary outcome was surgical success, whereas secondary outcomes were perioperative and postoperative data including surgical type (open or laparoscopic), operating time, duration of hospital stay, estimated blood loss, complications during surgery, and additional interventional procedure types.

Official Title
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Open Retropubic Versus Laparoscopic Colposuspension (Burch Operation) Techniques for Female Stress or Mixed Urinary Incontinence; A Ten-year Experience in a Tertiary Center

Conditions
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Stress Urinary Incontinence

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: Burch colposuspension


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: patients having SUI or mixed urinary incontinence whom conservative therapy (Kegel's pelvic floor exercises, bladder training, electrical stimulation, or medication) failed SUI had been proven by urodynamic assessments. patients who had urethral hypermobility supported by a Q-type test with a cotton swab angle greater than 300 patients having a residual urinary volume of less than 100 mL were included. Exclusion Criteria: history of anti-incontinence surgery pelvic inflammatory diseases urinary retention SUI with intrinsic sphincter deficiency neurogenic bladder suspected malignancy urge incontinence chronic cystitis urinary tract infection prescription of anticoagulant or antipsychotic treatment coagulation disorders physically and medically unsuitable for colposuspension surgery pregnancy and loss to follow-up.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 30 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Open Burch Colposuspension<br>The retropubic space was entered through a laparotomy Pfannenstiel incision, and two permanent sutures were placed on each side lateral to the urethra, one set at the level of the mid urethra and the other set at the level of the bladder neck. | Procedure: Burch colposuspension<br>* Anti-incontinence surgery for stress urinary incontinence<br>|
| Laparoscopic Burch Colposuspension<br>After a pneumo peritoneum was established entrance to the retropubic space began with a transverse incision of the anterior peritoneum using sharp dissection and electrocautery. The space was developed using blunt and sharp dissection to identify clearly the retropubic anatomy, including the pubic symphysis, bladder neck, and Cooper's ligaments. The bladder neck was identified and the paraurethral tissue was exposed. A no. 0 permanent suture then was introduced through the 10-mm port and was grasped with a laparoscopic needle driver. With the surgeon's hand in the vagina to elevate the paraurethral tissue, two figure-of-eight sutures incorporating full-thickness vagina excluding epithelium were placed on each side, one set lateral to the mid urethra and the other set lateral to the bladder neck. Each of these sutures then was passed through the ipsilateral Cooper's ligament and was secured with a series of extracorporeal knots using an endoscopic knot pusher. | Procedure: Burch colposuspension<br>* Anti-incontinence surgery for stress urinary incontinence<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Surgical success | Provided by the patient's feeling of the Absence of a bulge in the vagina | 12 months after intervention | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| estimated blood loss | Blood loss during surgery ( taking blood count-WBC) | intraoperative | 
| complications | Complications occurring in between during surgery and 6.th week of surgery | up to 6 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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outcome, Burch colposuspension, laparoscopy, retropubic, stress urinary incontinence