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In 2012, Waltregny et al. introduced a new trans-obturator tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure, named TVT-abbrevo (TVT-A). The aim of the present study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the TVT-A procedure in women with pure SUI at 5-year follow-up. Materials and Methods: All women who complained of pure SUI symptoms with concomitant urodynamic stress incontinence (USI) were prospectively enrolled and treated with the TVT-A procedure. Postoperative subjective outcome measures included: International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire\u2013Short Form (ICI-Q SF), Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I) scale, and patient degree of satisfaction scale. A PGI-I score \u2264 2 and a patient-satisfaction score \u22658 were used to define subjective success. Objective success was defined as the absence of urine leakage during a cough stress test. Adverse events were collected according to the Clavien\u2013Dindo classification during follow-up. Results: Univariable analysis was used to investigate outcomes. Fifty women who met the inclusion criteria underwent TVT-A implantation. At 5 years after TVT-A implantation, 38 out of 45 (84.4%) patients were subjectively cured (p for trend 0.05), and 40 out of 45 (88.9%) patients were objectively cured (p for trend 0.04). A significant trend of de novo OAB symptoms was reported (22.2% [10\/45]) at the 5-year follow-up. No serious early or late complications such as urethral\/bladder injury, persistent groin-thigh pain, and sexual dysfunction that required mesh removal were detected. The univariate analysis did not reveal any risk factors (i.e., age, body mass index (BMI), menopause, obstetric factors, and preoperative ICIQ- SF questionnaire) statistically associated with failure of the TVT-A procedure. Conclusions: In conclusion, the 5-year follow-up results of this study demonstrated that TVT-A is a safe and effective option for treatment of SUI with a very low rate of post-operative groin\u2013thigh pain<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina58101412","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,9]],"date-time":"2022-10-09T04:00:02Z","timestamp":1665288002000},"page":"1412","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Medium Term Outcomes of TVT-Abbrevo for the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence: Efficacy and Safety at 5-Year Follow-Up"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"58","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4877-0640","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrea","family":"Braga","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, EOC, Beata Vergine Hospital, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland"},{"name":"Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Universit\u00e0 della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fabiana","family":"Castronovo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, EOC, Beata Vergine Hospital, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Ottone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, EOC, Beata Vergine Hospital, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Torella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gyanecology, Obstetric and Reproductive Science, Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stefano","family":"Salvatore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9983-523X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandro Ferdinando","family":"Ruffolo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3952-8462","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matteo","family":"Frigerio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASST Monza, San Gerardo Hospital, 20900 Monza, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chiara","family":"Scancarello","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Del Ponte Hospital, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"De Rosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Del Ponte Hospital, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fabio","family":"Ghezzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Del Ponte Hospital, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"Papadia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Universit\u00e0 della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland"},{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, EOC, Civico Hospital, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giorgio","family":"Caccia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, EOC, Beata Vergine Hospital, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maurizio","family":"Serati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Del Ponte Hospital, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2428","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMcp1914037","article-title":"Stress urinary Incontinence in Women","volume":"384","author":"Wu","year":"2021","journal-title":"N. 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