Urethral Slings for Irradiated Patients With Male Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Meta-analysis

Umar Ghaffar, Behzad Abbasi, Jose Luis Guzman Fuentes, Architha Sudhakar, Nizar Hakam, Allen Smith, Charles Jones, Nathan M. Shaw, Benjamin N. Breyer

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Abstract

Objective: To systematically compare success, cure and complication rates of urethral sling surgeries in stress urinary incontinence patients with and without a history of pelvic radiotherapy (RT). Materials and Methods: We searched PUBMED, EMBASE, and Web of Science to identify relevant articles. The primary outcomes were the success and cure rates. The secondary outcomes included the rates of infection, urethral erosion, total complications, explantation, and satisfaction. Outcomes were analyzed using a random-effects model to calculate the unadjusted odds ratio (OR) in patients with a history of RT compared with those without prior RT. Results: On pooled analysis, we found significantly lower odds of success (OR 0.68; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.53-0.87, P < .001) and cure (OR 0.67; 95% CI 0.55-0.82, P < .001) in radiated patients than in nonirradiated patients. Subgroup analysis by type of sling showed significantly lower odds of success in Advance subgroup (OR 0.66; 95% CI 0.45-0.95, P < .001) and significantly lower odds of cure in Advance (OR 0.59; 95% CI 0.36-0.95, P < .001) and Atoms subgroups (OR 0.70; 95% CI 0.54-0.93, P < .001). We also found significantly greater odds of sling explantation (OR 2.93; 95% CI 1.62-5.29, P < .001) and infection (OR 3.06, 95% CI 1.03-9.07, P < .001) in radiated patients than in nonradiated patients. Conclusion: Patients with a history of pelvic RT have lower odds of success and cure and higher odds of infection and sling explantation than those without a history of pelvic RT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)262-269
Number of pages8
JournalUrology
Volume180
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2023

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