A prospective randomized controlled trial of the transobturator tape and tissue fixation system minisling in 80 patient with stress urinary incontinence - 3 year results

INTRODUCTION: We aimed to perform a randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing the efficiency of transobturator tape (TOT) operation against an adjustable minisling, the tissue fixation system (TFS), in the treatment of urodynamically proven stress urinary incontinence. METHODS: The trial comprised 80 patients with urodynamically proven stress urinary incontinence. The patients were randomly allocated to either TOT group (group I) or TFS group (group II). Total follow period was 36 months. The objective cure rates in TFS group and TOT group were 90% and 84%, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (p