Address correspondence to Dr. Jack M. Zuckerman, Department of Urology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, Suite 403, San Diego, CA 92134 AdVance slings in radiated patients – should we implant? Chad R. Pusateri, DO, Jack M. Zuckerman, MD Department of Urology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Referring to the article published on pp. 8998-9002 in ...

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...

[Purpose] The effects of core training using slings and Togus on the improvement of posture control in Taekwondo club students, that is, balance ability, were investigated. To that end, changes in the Taekwondo players' balance ability resulting from active core training for eight weeks were examined through fitness and foot pressure. [Subjects] The present study was conducted with 13 male Taek...

Suburethral tapes are placed "tension-free" below the urethra. Several studies reported considerable differences of the distance between urethra and tape. These distances ranged from 1 to 10 mm amongst different patients. This either caused urethral obstruction or had no effect on urinary incontinence. Therefore, we decided to standardize the procedure by placing a Hegar dilator of 8-millimeter...