Patients lost to follow-up after midurethral sling surgery: How are they?

Purpose To assess the ratio of patients lost to follow-up (FU) after midurethral sling surgery, to evaluate their success rate and current status, and to identify the reasons for FU loss. Materials and Methods Two-hundred thirty-eight patients who received trans-obturator tape (TOT) surgery were reviewed. For patients lost to FU within 3 months, Stamey’s outcome questionnaire and questions regarding the reasons for FU loss were submitted via phone interview. Results One hundred forty-three (60.1%) patients (FU loss group) were lost to FU within 3 months postoperatively. In the FU los...