Periurethral collagen implant: Ultrasound assessment and prediction of outcome

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Abstract
The objective of this study was to identify sonographic parameters that could predict sucessful outcome in women after periurethral collagen implant. Thirty-one women with a diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence with intrinsic sphincteric deficiency underwent one periurethral collagen implant between January and December 1994. Three months after the procedure ultrasound evaluation was performed using a 5 MHz probe placed at the vaginal introitus. Subjective assessment and cough stress test were used to measure outcomes. Twenty-five women were available for evaluation 1 year after the procedure. A successful outcome was found in 18 of the 25 women subjectively (72%) and in 16 objectively (64%). A distance of the collagen from the bladder neck of less than 7 mm was found to be associated with a positive outcome. This threshold was found to have a sensitivity of 83.3%, specificity of 85.7%, a positive predictive value of 93.7% and a negative predictive value of 66.6%.