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The two-year outcome of the I-Stop TOMS TM transobturator sling in the treatment of
male stress urinary incontinence in a single centre and prediction of outcome
Traitement de l’incontinence urinaire masculine par bandelette transobturatrice I-StopTOMS
TM, évaluation monocentrique avec deux ans de suivi
J. Drai
a, R. Caremel
a, J. Riou
b, P. Grise
a,∗aUrologyDepartment,RouenUniversityHospitalCharles-Nicolle,1,ruedeGermont,76031 Rouencedex,France
bBiostaticsUnit,UniversityHospitalBicêtreUniversityHospital,78,rueduGénéral-Leclerc, 94275Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre,France
Received22April2013;accepted21August2013
KEYWORDS Maleurinary incontinence;
Malesling;
Transobturatorsling;
Prostatectomy
Summary
Purpose.—The aimofthisstudy wastopresenttheresultsofthe2yearoutcome ofI-Stop TOMSTM transobturator slingfor post-prostatectomy (UIPP) minortomoderate maleurinary incontinencetreatment.
Materialsandmethods.—Aprospective,singlecenterstudy,including26patientswithminor tomoderateIUPPandoperatedonusingasuburethralsling(MS)TOMSTM (fourarms)wasper- formed.UIPPassessmentwasmadepreoperativelyand1yearpostoperatively,usingvalidated questionnaires(SF36andICIQ),numberofpadsdaily,andthe24hoursPad-test(LPT).Telephone follow-upevaluationwasperformedin21patientsovera2yearsperiodfollowingsurgery.
Results.—Radicalprostatectomywasperformed48.4monthsearlierandaveragepatientage was67.3years.Preoperatively,themeannumberofpadsuseddailywas2.3withanaverage weightlossof207.1gramsatLPT.At1year,ICIQandSF36scoressignificantlyimproved.Weight lossintheLPTaswellasthenumberofpadssignificantlydecreased(P<0.05).At1year,13 patientswerecured,12wereimproved,onereachedimprovementcriteria,and96.2%usinga paddailymaximum.Withmorethana2yearfollow-up,10/21patientsweredry,nineimproved andtwofailed,and90.5%using0to1padperday.
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Conclusions.—The transobturator TOMSTM malesling is asimple and well-toleratedproce- durepermittingasignificantimprovementofUIPP, with50%ofpatients achievingcomplete continenceat1yearpostoperatively,thesegoodresultscontinuedbeyond2years.
Levelofevidence.—4.
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MOTSCLÉS
Incontinenceurinaire masculine;
Bandelettehomme; Bandelette
transobturatrice; Prostatectomy
Résumé
But.—Le but était de rapporter avec deux ans de suivi les résultats du traitement de l’incontinenceurinairemasculinemineureàmodérée(IUPP)parbandelettetransobturatrice I-StopTOMSTM.
Matériel.—L’étudeprospectivemonocentriqueaportésur26patientsayantuneIUPPetopérés debandelettetransobturatriceI-StopTOMSTM quatrebras,ayantauminimumunanderecul.
L’analyseaportésurlacontinence,lenombredegarnitures,lepoidsdesfuites/jour,lesques- tionnairesSF36etICIQ.Pour21patientsayantunreculminimumdedeuxans,l’analysedes mêmesparamètresaétéréaliséeparévaluationtéléphonique.
Résultats.—Ledélaientrelaprostatectomieetlaposedebandeletteétaitde48,4mois,l’âge moyendespatientsde67,3ans.Lenombremoyendegarnituresétaitde2,3etlepad-testde 24h.de207g.Àunan,lesscoresSF36etICIQétaientsignificativementaméliorés,demême lepad-testetlenombredegarnitures,13/26patientsétaientguéris,12étaientaméliorés,et 96%despatients avaient0à1garniture parjour.Àdeux ans,10/21patientsétaientguéris, neufaméliorés,deuxenéchec,et90,5%despatientsavaient0à1garnitureparjour.
Conclusion.—LabandelettetransobturatriceI-StopTOMSTM estuneprocéduresimplequiper- metsuneaméliorationsignificativedeIUPPmineureàmodérée,avec50%depatientsayantune continencecomplèteàunetdeuxans,etpour90%despatientsuneaméliorationsignificative avec0à1garnitureparjour.
Niveaudepreuve.—4.
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Introduction
The incidenceof urinary incontinencepost-prostatectomy (UIPP)varies from10to87% [1,2].It affectsthepatient’s qualityoflife(QOL)evenwhenonlyonepadisusedperday [3].
Severe incontinenceis treated by implanting an artifi- cialsphincter(AS),whichtodayremainsthegoldstandard, but slightor moderate incontinencemay betreated with periurethralinjections,periurethraladjustablecontinence therapy (ACT) balloons or suburethral male slings (MS)in order toimprove the continence witha minimal invasive surgery. Theaim ofthis studywastoevaluatethe results oftheTOMSTMbulbar-transobturatorsuburethralmalesling withfour armstotreat slight tomoderate UIPP at 1year then 2yearsfollow-up and tosearchpredictive factorsof success.
Material and methods Structure of the study
Aprospectivesinglecentrestudyinaseriesof26patients operated onby the same surgeon wasreported. Patients gavetheirinformedwrittenconsenttobeincludedin the study,whichwasapprovedbythelocalEthicsCommittee.
Inclusioncriteriawere:slighttomoderateUIPP;urinary physiotherapyfailure;prostatectomymorethan1yearpre- viously.Exclusioncriteriawere:signofrecurrenceonPSA,
radiotherapy,neurologicaldisease,urethraloranastomotic stenosisconfirmedby urethrocystoscopyorurethrography, detrusoroveractivity withleak from bladder contraction, chronicurinaryretentionorcurrenturinaryinfection.
Slightincontinencewasdefinedasonetotwopadsper day,moderateincontinenceasthreetofourpads,severeas equalormorethanfivepads.
Data collection
Thedatacollectedwere:patient’sage;RP-MStime(delay inmonthsbetweenradicalprostatectomyandMS);UD(uro- dynamicsrecordingbladdercompliance,maximumbladder capacity, maximum urethral closure pressure, and detru- soractivity);uroflowmetry(recordingmaximumflowrate, urine volume and post-urination volume obtained from a bladder scan); ICIQ questionnaire score: based on three questionsconcerningtheleakageandQualityoflifeaffected by leakage, the total value varying from 0 (no incon- tinence) to 21 (major incontinence); SF36 questionnaire Score:specificscoreonurinaryincontinenceandQOL.The total value obtained varied from 0 (major incontinence) to500(noincontinence);numberofpadsperday;24hour LongPad-Test(LPT)accordingtoICSrecommendations[4];
occurrenceof early postoperativecomplications; Indexof satisfactionbased ontwo questions,each hadfour items i.e.very satisfied,satisfied,dissatisfiedand verydissatis- fied.Thetwoquestionswere‘‘Whatdoyoufeelaboutthe surgeryperformed?’’and‘‘Whatisyouropinionaboutyour
condition after the operation compared to your previous condition?’’;AVisual Analogicpainscale (VAS)range0 to 10.
The timetable for data collection wasbefore surgery;
during hospital stay; at 30, 90, 180 and 360days after surgery.Atelephoneinterviewwasaddedmorethan2years postoperativelyusingthesameevaluationbasedontheICIQ questionnaireplusaspecificquestionnairei.e.:doyousuf- ferfromurineleakage: yesor no?Howmanypads doyou useperdayonaverage?
Surgical technique
ThetechniquewaspreviouslydescribedbyGriseetal.[5].
Theshapeofthetapeisarectanglewithfourarmsextension (twooneachside).Itsstructure ismadeofpolypropylene monofilamentsorganizedintoamacroporousmesh.
Patientclassificationresults:
• groupA:patientcured:ifthefollowingfourcriteriawere numberofpads0or1;LPT0g;SF36score500;ICIQscore
• 0;groupB:patientimproved:ifthefollowingfourcriteria
werereachedi.e.numberofpadsreducedbymorethan 50%,orequalto0or1;LPTreducedbymorethan50%;
improvedSF36orICIQscore;
• group C: patient failure. It could be either a patient slightlybetter(numberofpadsreducedbylessthan50%, orequaltoor 2or more;LPTreducedbylessthan50%;
SF36scoreimproved; ICIQscoreimproved)or a patient completefailure.
Statistical analysis
The preoperative and one-yearpostoperative characteris- tics were compared using the Wilcoxon, or the Friedman test,non-parametricRanktestonrelatedseries.Thepre- operative characteristics of cured andnon-cured patients were compared with the Mann-Whitney non-parametric Ranktest.Analysesandgraphicalrepresentations(boxplot andstripchart)wereperformedusingR-2.14.0softwarefor Windows.
Results
Descriptive analysis of the preoperative population
Radicalprostatectomywasperformed48.4months(12—156) earlierandaveragepatientagewas67.3years(54—80).Pre- operatively, themean numberof pads useddaily was2.3 (1—4)withanaverage weightlossof 207.1g(24—1100)at LPT.
Characteristics of the hospital stay
In 24 of the 26 patients (92.3%): no postoperative complicationswerereported.Onepatientpresentedwitha smallhaematomanearthesiteoftheincision,whileanother patient experienced pain conducting to 24hours-delayed dischargefromhospital.Postoperativepainwasevaluated at2[range0—7]onaVAS.Theindexofsatisfactionwasvery
satisfiedorsatisfiedfor25patients(96.1%)butonepatient wasdissatisfiedduetothepersistenceofincontinence.
Results of male slings 1 year after surgery
AsregardstheICIQscore,14patients(54%[CI95:33%—73%]) had an ICIQ score evaluated at 0 1year after surgery, whereas the 12 others all had an improved score (46%
[CI95:27%—67%]).ThemedianICIQscorechangedfrom14.5 [11—18]preoperativelyto0[0—12]1yearaftersurgery.The differencewasstatisticallysignificant(P<0.001).
SF36 scores showed that 13 patients (50% [CI95:
30%—70%])obtainedthemaximum scoreof500,while the 13 others (50% [IC95: 30%—70%]) had an improved score.
BetweenD0andD360,therewasasignificantimprovement in the median SF36score, which changed from83 [range 0—167] preoperatively to425 [range83—500] 1year after theoperation(P<0.001).
As regards results of the LPT, 15 patients (58% [CI95:
37%—77%])obtainedanilfinalweight,whilethe11others (42%[CI95:23%—63%])allhadalowerurinarylossweight.
The median LPT changed from207g [24—1100]preopera- tivelyto22.5g[0—200]1yearaftersurgery.Thedifference wasstatisticallysignificant(P<0.001).
Numberofpads(Fig.1):allpatientsreducedtheirnum- ber of pads, with 15 patients (58% [IC95: 37%—77%]) no longer usingany pads, 10 patients (39% [IC95: 20%—59%]) onlyusingone,andonepatient(4%[IC95:0%—20%])using threepadsperday.Themediannumberofpadsusedvaried from2[1—4]to0[0—3]1yearaftersurgery.
Results of male slings 2 years after surgery
Twenty-one patients wereevaluated at morethan 2years post-surgery,withamedianperiod35months(24—48).Con- cerningdailynumberofpadsused(Fig.1):12patientsused respectively0 pads(57%[IC95:34%—78%]),seven patients usedonepadperday(33%[CI95:15%—57%]),onetwopads (5%[CI95:0%—24%]),onethreepads (5%[IC95:0%—24%]).
Dailyuseofpadscomparedwiththenumberusedpriorto surgery decreased significantly (2 [range1—4]; P<0.001), buttherewasnodifferencewhencomparedto1year.
ConcerningICIQscore:10patients(48%[IC95:26%—70%]) hadascore0,11patients(52%[IC95:30%—74%])hadabet- terscorethanbeforesurgeryandfivepatientsamongthese (24%[IC95:8%—47%])hadaworsescorethanatthe1year evaluation.
The median ICIQ score was 2 [0—15], significantly lowerthanthepreoperativescore(whichwas14[11—18];
P<0.001). There was no significant difference from the scoreobtainedat1year.
Group results at 1 and 2 years after surgery
At 1year: 13 patients were cured (group A) (50% [IC95%:
29.9—70.1]), 12 patients were improved (group B) (46.2%
[IC95%:26.6—66.6]),onepatientwasslightlybetterbutcon- sidered as failure(group C) (3.8% [IC95%:0—19.6]) and 0 patientshadcompletefailure(0%[IC95%:0—13.2]).
At2year:10patients(47.6%[CI95:25.7%—70.2%])were cured(noleakage,0padsandICIQscoreof0),ninepatients (42.8%[CI95:21.8%—66.0%])wereimproved(leakagewith
Figure1. Resultsoncontinenceaccordingtopadperdayduringthefollow-upperiod.
theuseofasinglepadperdayandanimprovedICIQscore), twopatients(9.5%[CI95:1.2%—30.3%])experiencedtreat- ment failure(leakagewiththe useof twoor morepads).
TheresultsaresummarizedonFig.2.
Figure2. Resultsoncontinenceaccordingto%ofthetotalnum- berofpatientsandtoclassificationincompletelydry(A),improved (B),failure(C).
Predictive factors of success
Inordertoidentifyfactorspredictiveofsuccess,twogroups wereconsidered: acompletelydrygroup(groupA),anda nodrygroup(groupBandC).Allthepreoperativedatawere successivelytested,inordertosearchforasignificantdif- ferencebetweenthesuccess groupandthefailuregroup, definedasP<0.05.(Mann-Whitney-Ranktest).Theonlypre- dictiveofsuccessfactorwasalowLPT,withamedianof50 gminthecompletelydrygroupascomparedto200ginthe non-drygroup(P=0.024).
Discussion
Ourserieshasshown that half of the patientswithslight ormoderatepost-prostatectomyincontinencemaybecured andthatmorethan90%had0to1padperday,thesegood resultsweresimilarat1and2years.
A comparison of our continence results with those described inthe literature is difficult due tothe variable definitionofsuccess, which hasnotbeen standardized.If success is defined by the wearing of a maximum daily 0 to 1 pad, our series showed a 96.2% success rate 1year aftersurgeryanda90.5%successrateafter2years(median elapsed time of 35 months). In comparison, the artificial sphincter series [6,7] ranged from 75 to90%, those with balloons[8]rangedfrom52to81%,thosewithotherslings varied widely from 40% to 96% [9]. The good results in our series are probably explained by our patient selec- tionexcluding severe incontinenceand radiatedpatients.
Infact,only onepredictive factorofsuccessin themulti- variateanalysiswasa50gLPTscoreinthecompletelydry group versus 200g in the non-dry group which underlines the importance to select patients based on LPT in order to propose a MS versus an artificial sphincter. A correla- tionof success (verymuch or muchimproved) or failure, basedonLPTandPatientGlobalImpressionofImprovement questionnaire,wasalsoreportedbyFisheretal.[10]with respectively22.5gversus350g.
In contrast toour study most authorsreported results withonlyone-yearfollow-up. Ourresults,over 2yearsfor 21patients,were:18wearingthesamenumberofpads,two deterioratedandoneimproved.Thisstabilityofresultsover timecouldbeduetoatoughtransobturatorattachmentof theslingandalargesurfaceoverthebulbarurethra.Con- cerningmoderatedeteriorationintwopatients,onecould assumea possible loosing of the attachmentor slidingof thesling toa posterior locationbetweenthe urethraand therectum.Asregardstheimproved patient,thismaybe explainedbya retractionfromfibrosis aroundthesling or alateimprovementof thesphincter.Nevertheless, along follow-upover5or10yearswouldbenecessaryforabetter evaluation.
Wemustalsounderlinethesinglecentresingle-surgeon natureofourstudywithasurgeonabovethelearningcurve andexperiencedwiththepreviousTOMSTMwithtwoarms.
Theresultsafter1yearinaserieswith2-armTOMSTMshowed only30%drypatients,30%improvedpatientsand40%failure [11].Therefore,theMSwasmodifiedfromtwotofourarms.
This was reported on a TOMSTM multicenter series [5] on 104patientsat 1year follow-upi.e; 59.4%ofpatients dry and20.3%improved.Ourresultsareinaccordancewiththis series.
Acomparativestudy[9]oftwoMStechniques,between bone anchor MS and transobturator TOMS MS, showed a significant decrease in pad usage in the TOMS group and a better improvement on PGI, although this was a retro- spective study it confirms the favorable outcome of the transobturatorsling.
There is no strict consensus concerning the choice betweenvarioustechniques,evenifminimalinvasivetech- niquesarepreferred for minor incontinenceandartificial sphincterforsevereincontinenceandradiatedpatients.In moderateincontinence,thephysicianandthepatientmay discussbetweenthetwotechniques.Afterimplantationof anAS, thepatientsatisfactionvaries between85and95%
[6,7],howeverthissurgeryisinvasive,witharevisionrateof 40to64%at10years[12].Inarecentstudyaskingpatients whatwouldbetheirchoicebetweenaMSandanartificial sphincter,alargemajorityoptedfortheMS[13].
The TOMSTM male sling could be compared favourably toothermini-invasivetechniquesinregardstosafety.The non-invasive natureof the transobturator route has been establishedonlargeseriesinwomenanddemonstratedinan anatomicalstudyonmen[14].ThePro-ACT®balloonsproce- duremayreach66%continencerateinnonradiatedpatients [8]butnumerouscomplicationswerereportedi.e.bladder orurethralperforations,ruptureoftheballoon,urinereten- tion,urethralorbladdererosion.Thebulbarandanchored InVance® MSproducedgoodresults concerningcontinence ratebuthasbeendiscontinuedduetoinfection(2to10%), acuteurine retention (3to4%), perinealpain(4 to22%), and an explantation rate of approximately10% [15]. The bulbo-membranoustransobturator MSAdvance® wasorigi- nallyproposedinordertoimprovetolerance,howeversome complications have stillbeen reportedi.e. urinary reten- tion up to 20% but only few patients with perineal pain [16—18].SimilarlytotheTOMSTMlocationonbulbarurethra, the series involving the bulbar-transobturator Gynemesh PS® tape showed minor complications such as retention, superficialinfectionorchronicpain[19].Inordertomake
postoperativeadjustmentsofthetension,adjustableMShas beenused[20]howevertheamountofinsertedbiomaterial is possiblya factor toexplainthe infection complications leadingtoslingexplantation.
Inthe final analysis,the positive results ofTOMSTM MS needtobeconfirmedbyalonger-termstudy.Nevertheless, the study does confirm the good results and good toler- ance in selected patients with noradiation and minoror moderate incontinence. Comparative studiesbetween the varioustechniquesavailable,basedoncomparablecohorts andidenticalassessmentcriteriaarewarranted.
Conclusion
In the reported series of TOMSTM transobturator MS, 50%
of patients obtained a full continence and 90% used no more thanone padper dayat 1yearafter surgery. These good resultswere maintainedat 2years.This biomaterial is an attractive option for minor and moderate post- prostatectomyincontinence.
Disclosure of interest
Philippe Grise was a invited speaker for Medtronic®, Astellas®,CLmedical®,andisaconsultantforAstellas®and Coloplast®.Noconflictofinterestfortheotherauthors.
Acknowledgements
TheauthorsaregratefultoRichardMedeiros,MedicalEditor
—MedicalEditingInternational,foreditingthemanuscript.
Appendix A. Supplementary data
Supplementary data associated with this article can be found, in the online version, at doi:10.1016/j.purol.
2013.08.308.
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