Cochrane Review Group

Incontinence

42 systematic reviews in Incontinence ask 1,050 questions. 37.2% have no studies to answer them, 19% rest on very low certainty evidence and 16.4% reach moderate or high certainty.

Reviews

Questions

1,050

current versions

No studies

37.2%

Moderate or high

16.4%

No studies 391 · 37.2%Ungraded 82 · 7.8%Very low 199 · 19%Low 206 · 19.6%Moderate 150 · 14.3%High 22 · 2.1%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Search questions in Incontinence

Thinnest evidence

All no studies and very low questions

Question	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Transvaginal biological graft vs native tissue repair Bladder function · vaginal prolapse Transvaginal mesh or grafts or native tissue repair for vaginal prolapse (2024) · Cochrane	RR 12.64 [1.6, 100.06]	2 studies · 143 participants	Very low
Transvaginal biological graft vs native tissue repair Quality of life · vaginal prolapse Transvaginal mesh or grafts or native tissue repair for vaginal prolapse (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	3 studies · 112 participants	Very low
Transvaginal permanent mesh vs native tissue repair Recurrent prolapse on examination (any compartment) · vaginal prolapse Transvaginal mesh or grafts or native tissue repair for vaginal prolapse (2024) · Cochrane	RR 0.42 [0.32, 0.55]	25 studies · 3680 participants	Very low
Transvaginal permanent mesh vs native tissue repair Quality of life · vaginal prolapse Transvaginal mesh or grafts or native tissue repair for vaginal prolapse (2024) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	9 studies · 1365 participants	Very low
Single‐incision slings vs autologous fascial slings Subjective cure or improvement of urinary incontinence: at 12 months · women with urinary incontinence Single‐incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Single‐incision slings vs retropubic minimally‐invasive slings Number of women with dyspareunia · women with urinary incontinence Single‐incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Single‐incision slings vs retropubic minimally‐invasive slings Quality of life: at 12 months · women with urinary incontinence Single‐incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Single‐incision slings vs retropubic minimally‐invasive slings Number of women requiring repeat continence surgery or mesh revision · women with urinary incontinence Single‐incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women (2023) · Cochrane	RR 4.19 [0.31, 57.28]	2 studies · 182 participants	Very low
Single‐incision slings vs autologous fascial slings Patient‐reported pain: at more than 24 months · women with urinary incontinence Single‐incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Single‐incision slings vs autologous fascial slings Number of women with urinary retention · women with urinary incontinence Single‐incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Single‐incision slings vs autologous fascial slings Quality of life: at 12 months · women with urinary incontinence Single‐incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Single‐incision slings vs autologous fascial slings Number of women requiring repeat continence surgery · women with urinary incontinence Single‐incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies

Reviews 42

Transvaginal mesh or grafts or native tissue repair for vaginal prolapse

Yeung, E, Baessler, K, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2024

Incontinence

Thinnest evidence

Reviews 42

Transvaginal mesh or grafts or native tissue repair for vaginal prolapse

Oral anticholinergic drugs versus placebo or no treatment for managing overactive bladder syndrome in adults

Single‐incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women

Surgery for women with apical vaginal prolapse

Bladder training for treating overactive bladder in adults

Oestrogen therapy for treating pelvic organ prolapse in postmenopausal women

Conservative interventions for managing urinary incontinence after prostate surgery

Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing infection after continence surgery in women with stress urinary incontinence

Acupuncture for treating overactive bladder in adults

Strategies for the removal of short‐term indwelling urethral catheters in adults

Intermittent catheter techniques, strategies and designs for managing long‐term bladder conditions

Traditional suburethral sling operations for urinary incontinence in women

Alarm interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children

Pessaries (mechanical devices) for managing pelvic organ prolapse in women

Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women

Laparoscopic colposuspension for urinary incontinence in women

Interventions for treating urinary incontinence after stroke in adults

Interventions for treating recurrent stress urinary incontinence after failed minimally invasive synthetic midurethral tape surgery in women

Conservative interventions for treating functional daytime urinary incontinence in children

Yoga for treating urinary incontinence in women

Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women

Washout policies in long‐term indwelling urinary catheterisation in adults

Mid‐urethral sling operations for stress urinary incontinence in women

Electrical stimulation with non‐implanted devices for stress urinary incontinence in women

Tricyclic and related drugs for nocturnal enuresis in children