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Perineal cellulitis following trans-obturator sub-urethral tape Uratape.

Caquant F, Collinet P, Deruelle P, Lucot JP, Cosson M

Department of Gynaecologic Surgery, Jeanne de Flandre Maternity Hospital, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France. frederic.caquant@libertysurf.fr

OBJECTIVE: We report two cases of perineal cellulitis due to the surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence with a trans-obturator sub-urethral tape of Uratape (Porgés). METHODS: Treatment and follow up of their complication were performed at the CHRU of Lille. RESULTS: In both cases, this complication is related to prolonged vaginal exposition of the tape. Vaginal erosion always occurs next to the silicon coated section of the tape. CONCLUSION: Such a complication has never been described yet. It shows a lack of data concerning human tissue tolerance of sub-urethral tapes constituents. Such examples should call for caution against new materials, all the more so as they have not yet been validated by large scale studies.

Published 7 December 2004 in Eur Urol, 47(1): 108-10.
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