Comparative Efficacy of TVT-A and TVT-O in the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Women: Single-Centre Retrospective Study.

Background: Tension-free vaginal tape-Abbrevo (TVT-A) and tension-free vaginal tape-Obturator (TVT-O) are the main procedures for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in females. This study investigated the clinical efficacy of TVT-A versus TVT-O for the treatment of SUI in elderly women.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 126 cases of SUI in elderly female patients admitted to our hospital from January 2022 to January 2023. The patients were divided into TVT-A group (65 cases) and TVT-O group (61 cases) according to the surgical methods. Follow-up was conducted via outpatient examination and telephone. Perioperative conditions, surgical outcomes, postoperative complications and quality of life were analysed and compared between the two groups.

Results: No statistically significant difference in surgical time, intraoperative blood loss, indwelling catheter duration, average hospital days, bladder injury, urethral injury, incision infection, dysuria, cured rate and quality of life was found between the two groups (p > 0.05). The incidence of postoperative groin pain in the TVT-A group was significantly lower than that in the TVT-O group (p < 0.05).

Conclusions: The efficacy of TVT-A and TVT-O in treating SUI in older women is about the same. However, TVT-A is more minimally invasive, safer and has fewer complications.