Abstract
Introduction
Concomitant anti-incontinence surgery at the time of prolapse repair has been a long-debated topic. Still today, there remains no clear answer to this question, although in recent years the literature has become more robust with the addition of more randomized controlled trials. The lifetime risk for women of undergoing surgical correction of pelvic organ prolapse is significant, and concomitant anti-incontinence surgery is an important question during surgical planning.
Materials and methods
This review delves further into the current literature to discuss a possible algorithm for managing the risk of stress incontinence after pelvic organ prolapse repair and examines the support in the literature for the following treatment methods: (1) anti-incontinence surgery for all women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse repair, (2) anti-incontinence surgery for no women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse repair, and (3) anti-incontinence surgery in select women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse repair.
Conclusions
While there are data both for and against each of these approaches, after a review of the literature, we recommend anti-incontinence surgery for select women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse repair, including women with a history of symptomatic and occult stress incontinence diagnosed preoperatively.
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King, A.B., Goldman, H.B. Stress incontinence surgery at the time of prolapse surgery: Mandatory or forbidden?. World J Urol 33, 1257–1262 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-015-1591-7
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