Authors: Dirk De Ridder Joost Berkers Jan Deprest Jasper Verguts Dieter Ost David Hamid Frank Van der Aa
Publish Date: 2010/03/04
Volume: 21, Issue: 7, Pages: 773-778
Abstract
One hundred thirtyone MiniArc n = 75 Monarc n = 56 consecutive patients were evaluated Evaluation was performed by cough stress test CST daily pad use IIQ7 UDI6 and a 0–5 visual analog scale for quality of life The 1year data are presentedSix weeks after surgery 91 of the patients in both populations had a negative CST At 1 year 85 of the MiniArc group and 89 of the Monarc group p = 060 maintained a negative CST QoL symptom scores and number of pads improved significantly and were comparable in both groups Complication rates were similar
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