[Assessment of long follow-up results after surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence using tvt and pubovaginal short skin flap sling].

The aims of present study were to evaluate the quality of women's life (QoL) after surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and to compare long follow-up results of two different procedures. Quality of life questionnaire represents a useful and cheap tool in the investigation of outcomes of the surgical treatment of stress incontinence. By providing an objective measure of the impact of results on women's lives, quality of life questionnaires allow more comprehensive understanding of disease severity and its effect on psychosocial function. In addition, they have an increasingly important role in clinical research, allow comparing two and more different methods of treatment. QoL of patients after TVT was significantly higher, then after pubovaginal sling using short skin flap (subjective cure 80% versus 66% after 48 months follow up). These benefits in QoL, coupled with the minimally invasive nature of the procedure, suggest that TVT could become a favored treatment option in women with SUI.