A Comparison of Stamey with Raz Operation for the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence

Seo, Weon Kyo; Park, Choal Hee; Kim, Chun Il

Abstract

To compare the efficacy of Stamey with that of Raz procedure in the correction of stress urinary incontinence, we studied retrospectively 43 patients who underwent either procedure at our institution between January, 1989 and June, 1994. Of 43 Patients were 23 underwent Stamey and 20 underwent Raz procedures. Patient's characteristics of the 2 groups were similar, but mean operative time was 107 minutes in Stamey and 76 minutes in Raz procedure(P<0.05), a care rate was obtained postoperatively in 65y. of the patient in Stamey and in 85% in Raz procedure(P<0.05). Postoperative complications were similar in 13.5% of the patients in Stamey and in 12.5% in Raz procedure. Although most predictive factors were not associated with cure or failure in our series, the postoperative cure rate was significantly higher in the group with urinary retention of more than a week. It is thought that Raz procedure is more safe and accurate than Stamey procedure by its shorter operation time and higher success rate(P<0.05). although patient's satisfaction with postoperative morbidity is similar between Stamey and Raz procedure.