In a very large population with extended follow-up, we found no increase in the risk of any pelvic malignancy in women who underwent stress urinary incontinence surgery, comments lead author Humberto R. Vigil, MD, MSc, of University of Ottawa, Ont., Canada. The vast majority of stress urinary incontinence procedures performed included transvaginal mesh.
No increase in cancers after SUI surgery - with or without transvaginal mesh
Using Ontario health data, the researchers identified nearly 75,000 women who underwent SUI surgery between 2002 and 2015. Follow-up data (median 8.5 years) were used to assess for the development of pelvic cancers, such as bladder, cervical and ovarian cancer. A time to event analysis was used to determine the risk of pelvic cancer in SUI surgery patients compared to more than 5.5 million women who did not undergo SUI surgery.