Mid-urethral slings for treatment of stress urinary incontinence : long- and mid-term follow-up
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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...
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Retropubic and transobturator mid‐urethral slings seem to perform differently with regard to failure in women with specific underlying pathology like ISD, detrusor overactivity, mixed urinary incontinence or a history of previous incontinence surgery. Also controversy exists whether stress incontinence and prolaps surgery should be carried out simultaneously or done in separate sessions. In th...
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INTRODUCTION Stress urinary incontinence affects about 20-40% of women. Treatment with transobturator mid-urethral slings is consensually accepted nowadays. The goal of this study was to evaluate the success rate and most frequent complications of surgical treatment with transobturator mid-urethral slings in stress urinary incontinence. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study evaluated 363 patients w...
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Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) has always been a major health issue for women. With the progression of technology and surgical techniques, mid urethral slings (MUS) used in both transvaginal and transobturator routes have become the gold standard in the treatment of SUI. There is ample short to mid-term data confirming the efficacy and safety in using MUS in treating SUI in women. However, l...
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PURPOSE Mid urethral slings are becoming the first line surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence in women. We reviewed the complications of mid urethral sling placement and their potential pathophysiology. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a literature search on MEDLINE from 1995 to 2007 using the key words sling, complications, mid-urethral slings, transvaginal tape, transobturato...
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