Complications of mid urethral slings: important outcomes for future clinical trials.

[Transobturator slings for female stress urinary incontinence].

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...

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

Risk Factors For Failure of Midurethral Slings: The Effect of Intrinsic Urethral Function, Urethral Hypomobility & Previous Failed Surgery

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...

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...

Vaginal mesh extrusion associated with use of Mentor transobturator sling.

OBJECTIVES To describe my experience of vaginal mesh extrusion using the monofilament polypropylene transobturator sling, the Mentor ObTape. The Mentor ObTape was the first transobturator sling developed as an alternative to the retropubic commercially available suburethral slings for providing mid-urethral support as treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. METHODS Thirty patients un...