INTRODUCTION More than 200,000 midurethral slings are placed yearly for stress urinary incontinence. Approximately 14% to 20% of women experience worsening sexual function overall after these procedures. We postulated that sling placement injures neural pathways regulating "female prostate" tissue within the anterior vaginal wall. AIM To perform a meta-analysis for overall sexual function and...

A 30-year-old woman with a history of two pregnancy losses in the 8th and 16th weeks of pregnancy and a history of metroplasty referred to our Infertility Clinic. Hysterosalpingography (HSG) was performed as a standard infertility evaluation following surgery (Fig 1).

Aiming at the parachute recovery of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, a method deployment by tractor rocket is proposed. First, tensile tests were carried out on high-strength polyethylene and brocade silk-weaved composite materials. The dynamic property parameters materials obtained, which was input for model phase. Second, verified experiment results. Finally, weight launch temperature dur...

TECHNIQUE A skin reducing mastectomy is performed via Wise pattern incisions, retaining an extensive inferior dermal sling of de-epithelialised tissue. A sizer is used to ensure the skin envelope meets the inframammary fold before an anatomical implant is placed on the pectoralis major. Complete coverage is achieved with the inferior dermal sling, which is sutured to the pectoralis superiorly. ...

UNLABELLED A new sling technique that allows a postoperative adjustment of the sling tension is presented with encouraging results in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. The readjustment prevents the need of a reoperation in case of relapse with great compliance of the patients. Indications for surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence by ReMeEx included patients...

A fuzzy sliding mode control method is proposed to eliminate the interference that suspended floating objects suffered in the on-ground low-gravity simulation system. Due to the change of sling swing-angle that caused by the external interference is weak, the time integral of the sling swing-angle is taken as tracking errors. Meanwhile the values of angle and the angle differential should be co...

Introduction . The implantation of a synthetic sub-urethral sling is the main method surgical correction stress urinary incontinence (SUI). However, investigation results long-term effectiveness indicate ambiguity surgery outcomes. In addition, problem pain in perineum remains relevant for everyday practice. One important aspects this matter may be variant technique installing suburethral sling...

OBJECTIVES To describe and illustrate a new minimally invasive approach to the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence following prostatectomy. SURGICAL TECHNIQUE Our initial experience consisted of four patients treated with the Advance sling for post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence. Sling placement involves the following steps: 1. Urethral dissection and mobilization, 2. Identifica...

PURPOSE To report the results of a modified frontalis sling procedure using Mersilene mesh for correction of upper lid ptosis associated with poor levator muscle function. METHODS This interventional case series included 10 patients (15 eyelids) with congenital ptosis and poor levator function. All subjects underwent the upper lid sling procedure with modifications. Main outcomes were lid cre...

The transobturator tape (TOT) method is the recent minimally invasive midurethral sling surgery. The TOT method was invented to reduce complication rate of surgical technique for female stress urinary incontinence. Pelvic bleeding following TOT procedure, although extremely rare, could be occurred. We presented three cases which treat pelvic arterial bleeding after midurethral sling (TOT and te...