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The distribution of different surgical types for female stress urinary incontinence among patients’ age, surgeons’ specialties and hospital accreditations in Taiwan: a descriptive 10-year nationwide study

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This study aims to identify the changing trends of different surgical types for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and the distribution amongst various providers’ characteristics. A total of 17,532 women who had undergone surgery for SUI during 1996–2005 were identified from the National Health Insurance Research Database for analysis. Retropubic urethropexy (RPU) was the most common surgical type (43%), followed by tension-free mid-urethral sling (MUS; 24%), and traditional pubovaginal sling (15%). MUS had an annual growth rate of 20.5%, whilst traditional pubovaginal sling was reduced by 11.3% annually after 2002. RPU was the most common procedure by both gynecologists and urologists. Gynecologists performed more Kelly plications, whereas urologists performed more traditional pubovaginal sling. MUS was more commonly performed in medical centers than in regional and local hospitals. There has been a notable growth and changing trend in various surgical types for female SUI in Taiwan.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by Chi Mei Foundation Hospital, Taiwan (94CM-KMU-03 and 96CM-KMU-05).

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  1. Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Reconstruction, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chi Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

    Ming-Ping Wu & Kuo-Feng Huang

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ming-Ping Wu

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Kuan-Hui Huang

  4. Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Cheng-Yu Long

  5. Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Ken-Jen Yu

  6. School of Health Care Administration, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Xin Street, Taipei, 110, Taiwan

    Chao-Hsiun Tang

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Wu, MP., Huang, KH., Long, CY. et al. The distribution of different surgical types for female stress urinary incontinence among patients’ age, surgeons’ specialties and hospital accreditations in Taiwan: a descriptive 10-year nationwide study. Int Urogynecol J 19, 1639–1646 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-008-0697-5

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