Demirtas? Erciyes-Mid urethral fibrin fixation technique (DE-MUFFT) for female stress urinary incontinence: A case series

Female Urology Single Incision Mid-urethral Sling for Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence

OBJECTIVES To present the longitudinal outcomes in an observational cohort of patients who had undergone treatment of stress urinary incontinence with a single incision mid-urethral sling (MUS). METHODS A prospective, observational study of all female patients who had undergone surgical intervention with the MiniArc MUS was performed. The surgical candidates underwent history and physical exami...

Mid-urethral sling approach for female stress urinary incontinence: benefits versus risks

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) has a major impact on quality of life and accounts for a large percentage of health-care expenditures. But it seems that there are lots of controversies regarding the mid-urethral sling (MUS) treatment for SUI. Such controversies have caused a significant confusion in the field. The polypropylene mesh MUS is the worldwide recognized standard of care for the sur...

The Evolution of Surgical Treatment for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Era of Mid-Urethral Slings

Based on the integral theory, tension-free placement of a mid-urethral sling (MUS) for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) has gained substantial popularity owing to the ease of the procedure and its effectiveness. Published series with long-term follow-up show continence rates after the MUS procedure ranging from 70% to 80%. Complication rates after MUS procedures are usually low. This re...

Mid-urethral slings for treatment of stress urinary incontinence : long- and mid-term follow-up

Risk Factors for De Novo Mixed Urinary Incontinence and Stress Urinary Incontinence Following Surgical Removal of a Urethral Diverticulum.

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to investigate the risk factors for the development of de novo stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) after surgical removal of a urethral diverticulum (UD). METHODS We identified 35 consecutive women that underwent surgical removal of a UD between November 2002 and December 2009, and we retrospectively reviewed their...