OBJECTIVE:

Compared the rates of objective and subjective cure, in menopause female after incontinence procedures.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Retrospective study, between January 2009 and December 2011, 167 female patients with urinary incontinence who underwent a incontinence procedure, where divided in 3 groups: Group I: under 45 years (n=50), Group II: 45 to 65 years (n=109), Group III: up 65 years (n=8). The sequential outcomes and urodynamic findings were comparing and analyzed.

RESULTS:

The rates of subjective cure was 82% and 80.7% in Group I and II, 100% in Group 3, p=NS. The rates of objective cure was 90%, 92.6% and 50%, for each group p=NS. The transobturator procedure was the most done in group I and II, 52% and 48.6%, and retropubic procedure in group III 62.5%. The length of hospital stay (3 days) in Group III, p=0.018. The significant lower postoperative maximal urethral closure pressure in all groups, Group I was 48.8 cmH2O to 43.6 cmH2O, Group II was 46.1 cmH2O to 45.8 cmH2O and Group III was 38.1 cmH2O to 31 cmH2O, (p<0.005)

CONCLUSION:

Despite the decrease in subjective cure, higher morbidity and lower maximum urethral closure pressure in women older than 65 years, there was no clinical difference in the evolution.