To the Editor,
We appreciate the interest showed by Dr. Tsun-Wen and his colleagues in our manuscript [1]. Indeed, we did not include transvaginal mesh surgeries in our retrospective study as they were not performed at our institution during the study period. Thus, our urodynamic technique may not be reliable in patients preparing to undergo transvaginal mesh procedures. As evidence grows for transvaginal mesh surgeries, we agree that more studies are needed to determine the most effective way of mitigating postoperative stress urinary incontinence.
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Sierra T, Sullivan G, Leung K, Flynn M. The negative predictive value of preoperative urodynamics for stress urinary incontinence following prolapse surgery. Int Urogynecol J. 2019; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-018-03864-y
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Sierra, T. Letter to the editor: The negative predictive value of preoperative urodynamics for stress urinary incontinence following prolapse surgery. Int Urogynecol J 30, 1125 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-019-03977-y
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