Objective:To assess treatment efficacy and quality of life in women with stress urinary incontinence 3 years after treatment with nonsurgical transurethral radiofrequency collagen denaturation.
Methods: This prospective study included 139 women with stress urinary incontinence due to bladder outlet hypermobility. Radiofrequency collagen denaturation was performed using local anesthesia in an office setting. Assessments included incontinence quality of life (I-QOL) and urogenital distress inventory (UDI-6) instruments.
Results: In total, 139 women were enrolled and 136 women were treated (mean age, 47 years). At 36 months, intent-to-treat analysis (n = 139) revealed significant improvements in quality of life. Mean I-QOL score improved 17 points from baseline (P = .0004), while mean UDI-6 score improved (decreased) 19 points (P = .0005).
Conclusions: Transurethral collagen denaturation is a low-risk, office-based procedure that results in durable quality-of-life improvements in a significant proportion of women for as long as 3 years.
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Elser DM, Mitchell GK, Miklos JR, Nickell KG, Cline K, Winkler H, Wells WG. Are you the author?
Illinois Urogynecology, LTD., 5716 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL 60453-2345, USA.
Reference: Adv Urol. 2011;2011:872057.
doi: 10.1155/2011/872057
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22190917
