≥50% decrease in SUI episodes: 50% ≥50% reduction in leakage: 69%; 45% of patients were dry Mean I-QOL scores improved 9.5 points Mean UDI-6 scores improved 14.1 points PGI-I “a little,” “much,” or “very much” better: 50%
Mean I-QOL scores improved 16–24 points ≥50% decrease in SUI episodes: 63%–89% Cured: 22%–67%
Abbreviations: I-QOL, Incontinence Quality of Life questionnaire; LPP, leak point pressure; PGI-I, Patient Global Impression of Improvement; SUI, stress urinary incontinence; UDI-6, Urogenital Distress Inventory.
aThese patients were already counted in Elser et al. 2009 [39], thus they were not included in the total patient numbers as given in the text.
bThese patients were already counted in Appell et al. 2006 [41], thus they were not included in the total patient numbers as given in the text.