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Ludwig, Sebastian, Stumm, Martin, Mallmann, Peter and Jager, Wolfram (2016). TOT 8/4: A Way to Standardize the Surgical Procedure of a Transobturator Tape. Biomed Res. Int., 2016. LONDON: HINDAWI LTD. ISSN 2314-6141

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Abstract

Suburethral tapes are placed tension-free below the urethra. Several studies reported considerable differences of the distance between urethra and tape. These distances ranged from 1 to 10 mm amongst different patients. This either caused urethral obstruction or had no effect on urinary incontinence. Therefore, we decided to standardize the procedure by placing a Hegar dilator of 8-millimeter diameter in the urethra and another Hegar dilator of 4-millimeter diameter between the urethra and the tape during transobturator tape placement. Using that simple technique, which we named TOT 8/4, we observed that 83% of the tapes were placed in the desired distance between 3 and 5 millimeters below the urethra.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ludwig, Sebastian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stumm, Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mallmann, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Jager, Wolfram UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-291061
DOI:	10.1155/2016/4941304
Journal or Publication Title:	Biomed Res. Int.
Volume:	2016
Date:	2016
Publisher:	HINDAWI LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	2314-6141
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Medicine, Research & Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/29106