[Results and complications following the placement of the transobturator tension free tape for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence]. / Resultados y complicaciones posteriores a la colocación de la cinta transobturadora libre de tensión en el tratamiento de pacientes con incontinencia urinaria de esfuerzo.

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the complications and short term sucess rate of the transobturator tape for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. MATERIAL AND METHODS: It is a retrospective study of the transobturator tapes perform in 2005 and 2006. All the procedures were done with epidural anesthesia. The success rate, the immediate, short-term and long term complications were recorded at the first, second and third year. RESULTS: 28 women were included in the study, 54% of them with stress urinary incontinence. 25% were solely transobturator procedures. mong the complications were 2 vesical puntures, 1 periurethral fascia trauma and 5 urinary retention during the first 24 hours. In the 1 and 2 year follow-up were 2 cases of overactive detrusor. Objective sucess was 90% and subjective sucess was 92%. CONCLUSIONS: Transobturator tape is a highly successful and a low morbility procedure.