Clinical value of needleless sling in treatment of female stress urinary incontinence

BACKGROUND: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a common disease in women. The emergence of the needle-free sling has led to a new clinical treatment for SUI in women. AIM: To explore the clinical value of the needleless sling without acupuncture in the treatment of SUI in women. METHODS: From February 2017 to November 2018, according to the order of admission, 44 patients (mid-suspension group) were treated by tension-free transobturator urethral suspension, and 44 patients (non-acupuncture group) were treated with a needleless non-acupuncture band. The clinical effects of the two treatments were evaluated. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between the two groups in the total clinical effectiveness rate (P = 0.374), but intraoperative blood loss and visual analogue scale score at postoperative day 1 were significantly lower in the non-acupuncture suspension group than in the middle urethral suspension group (P = 0.396). The incidence of complications in the needle-free sling group was significantly lower than that in the middle urethral suspension group (P = 0.025). CONCLUSION: The clinical effectiveness of acupuncture-free suspension in treating SUI in female patients is better than that of traditional tension-free transobturator mid-urethral suspension.