The following is a summary of the “CT Three-Dimensional Visualization Model in Diagnosis and Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Retrospective Study,” published in the FEBRUARY 2023 issue of Urology by Jin et al.

For a study, researchers sought to evaluate the clinical outcomes of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) sling surgery based on 3-dimensional (3D) visualization models and to determine the value of 3D visualization models in diagnosing and treating SUI.

A retrospective analysis was performed on patients with SUI who underwent surgery at the study center between October 2020 and March 2022. About 16 patients received preoperative 3D visualization model construction, while 18 patients did not. In addition, perioperative outcomes, postoperative outcomes, and the correlation between some related parameters of the 3D visualization model and the severity of SUI were analyzed.

The operation time of the 3D group was significantly shorter than that of the traditional surgery group (P < 0.05). The two groups had no significant differences in intraoperative blood loss, perioperative fever, bleeding, micturition, pudendal or inguinal pain, and postoperative symptom improvement. The posterior vesicourethral angle measured by the 3D reconstruction model was correlated with the ICI-Q-SF score.

Using 3D visualization models in the preoperative evaluation of SUI can be a safe and effective technique. The study showed that 3D visualization models had the potential for more applications in the clinical management of SUI.

Source: goldjournal.net/article/S0090-4295(22)00984-0/fulltext