Does Treatment With Macrobid Reduce Urinary Tract Infections in Patients Receiving a Sub-Urethral Sling for Incontinence

Summary

This project will determine whether post-operative prophylaxis with macrobid will decrease the incidence of postoperative urinary tract infection in women receiving sub-urethral slings for the treatment of urinary incontinence.

Timeline

Start

2008-05

Primary completion

2010-05

Completion

2010-05

Publications

• Background Anger JT, Litwin MS, Wang Q, Pashos CL, Rodriguez LV. Complications of sling surgery among female Medicare beneficiaries. Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Mar;109(3):707-14. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000255975.24668.f2.
• Background Bent S, Nallamothu BK, Simel DL, Fihn SD, Saint S. Does this woman have an acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection? JAMA. 2002 May 22-29;287(20):2701-10. doi: 10.1001/jama.287.20.2701.
• Background Aubin C. Evidence-based emergency medicine/rational clinical examination abstract. Does this woman have an acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection? Ann Emerg Med. 2007 Jan;49(1):106-8. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.022. No abstract available.
• Background Bodelsson G, Henriksson L, Osser S, Stjernquist M. Short term complications of the tension free vaginal tape operation for stress urinary incontinence in women. BJOG. 2002 May;109(5):566-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01195.x.
• Background Ferro A, Byck D, Gallup D. Intraoperative and postoperative morbidity associated with cystoscopy performed in patients undergoing gynecologic surgery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Aug;189(2):354-7; discussion 357. doi: 10.1067/s0002-9378(03)00677-x.
• Background Grover ML, Bracamonte JD, Kanodia AK, Bryan MJ, Donahue SP, Warner AM, Edwards FD, Weaver AL. Assessing adherence to evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and management of uncomplicated urinary tract infection. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Feb;82(2):181-5. doi: 10.4065/82.2.181.
• Background Gupta K, Hooton TM, Roberts PL, Stamm WE. Patient-initiated treatment of uncomplicated recurrent urinary tract infections in young women. Ann Intern Med. 2001 Jul 3;135(1):9-16. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-1-200107030-00004.
• Background Karram MM, Segal JL, Vassallo BJ, Kleeman SD. Complications and untoward effects of the tension-free vaginal tape procedure. Obstet Gynecol. 2003 May;101(5 Pt 1):929-32. doi: 10.1016/s0029-7844(03)00122-4.
• Background Kuuva N, Nilsson CG. A nationwide analysis of complications associated with the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2002 Jan;81(1):72-7. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2002.810113.x.
• Background LaSala CA, Schimpf MO, Udoh E, O'Sullivan DM, Tulikangas P. Outcome of tension-free vaginal tape procedure when complicated by intraoperative cystotomy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Dec;195(6):1857-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.060.
• Background Lim JL, Quinlan DJ. Safety of a new transobturator suburethral synthetic sling (TVT-O) procedure during the training phase. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2006 Mar;28(3):214-217. doi: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32111-9.
• Background Pugsley H, Barbrook C, Mayne CJ, Tincello DG. Morbidity of incontinence surgery in women over 70 years old: a retrospective cohort study. BJOG. 2005 Jun;112(6):786-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00522.x.
• Background Schraffordt Koops SE, Bisseling TM, Heintz AP, Vervest HA. Prospective analysis of complications of tension-free vaginal tape from The Netherlands Tension-free Vaginal Tape study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Jul;193(1):45-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.11.004.
• Background Sokol AI, Jelovsek JE, Walters MD, Paraiso MF, Barber MD. Incidence and predictors of prolonged urinary retention after TVT with and without concurrent prolapse surgery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2005 May;192(5):1537-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.10.623.
• Background Tamussino KF, Hanzal E, Kolle D, Ralph G, Riss PA; Austrian Urogynecology Working Group. Tension-free vaginal tape operation: results of the Austrian registry. Obstet Gynecol. 2001 Nov;98(5 Pt 1):732-6. doi: 10.1016/s0029-7844(01)01565-4.
• Background Tsivian A, Mogutin B, Kessler O, Korczak D, Levin S, Sidi AA. Tension-free vaginal tape procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: long-term results. J Urol. 2004 Sep;172(3):998-1000. doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000135072.27734.4a.
• Background Valpas A, Kivela A, Penttinen J, Kauko M, Kujansuu E, Tomas E, Haarala M, Meltomaa S, Nilsson CK. Tension-free vaginal tape and laparoscopic mesh colposuspension in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence: immediate outcome and complications--a randomized clinical trial. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2003 Jul;82(7):665-71.
• Background Ward K, Hilton P; United Kingdom and Ireland Tension-free Vaginal Tape Trial Group. Prospective multicentre randomised trial of tension-free vaginal tape and colposuspension as primary treatment for stress incontinence. BMJ. 2002 Jul 13;325(7355):67. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.67.
• Temtanakitpaisan T, Buppasiri P, Lumbiganon P, Laopaiboon M, Rattanakanokchai S. Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing infection after continence surgery in women with stress urinary incontinence. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Mar 29;3(3):CD012457. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012457.pub2.
• Jackson D, Higgins E, Bracken J, Yandell PM, Shull B, Foster RT Sr. Antibiotic prophylaxis for urinary tract infection after midurethral sling: a randomized controlled trial. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2013 May-Jun;19(3):137-41. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e318285ba53.

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