[The results of urethro-cervicolysis after surgical over-correction of stress urinary incontinence. Apropos of 10 cases].

Between 1985 and 1988, 10 female patients between the ages of 35 and 76 years, suffering from dysuria after surgical correction of urinary stress incontinence (7 sub-urethral bands, 3 colposuspensions) were observed. The abnormality of the course of the urethra compressed anteriorly against the symphysis pubis, observed on clinical examination and on intravenous pyelography as well as urodynamic investigations allowed this dysuria to be attributed to a cervico-urethral obstruction resulting from over correction during the initial surgical operation. The 10 patients were treated by urethro-cervicolysis (9 out of 10) associated with repeated colposuspension in 3 cases. The overall results were disappointing as although 8 of the 10 patients were improved at 3 month, only 4 out of 9 were still improved at 6 months. These poor results raise the question of the value of combining urethro-cervicolysis with colposuspension and possible VY plasty of the bladder neck.