PURPOSE Overlapping sphincteroplasty is the surgery of choice for incontinent patients with an anterior defect after childbirth. Numerous predictive factors have been proposed, but no preoperative variables have been successfully shown to be reproducible. The purpose of this study was to assess the prognostic value of voluntary contraction of the puborectal sling before sphincter repair for ana...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of an innovative, minimally invasive sling technique with autologous tissue in women with concomitant incontinence and anterior vaginal wall prolapse (AVWP). MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-six women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or mixed urinary incontinence and AVWP were randomly assigned into two groups: In Group A (26 patien...

INTRODUCTION Synmastia is a condition in which the breasts are conjoint and the natural intermammary sulcus is obliterated. It is the rarest type of breast implant malpositioning during breast augmentation; however, it is the most difficult one to correct. AlloDerm is an acellular dermal matrix that is assuming a major role in immediate breast reconstruction in recent years. METHODS In the pa...

BACKGROUND Although surgical techniques for radical prostatectomy (RP) have been refined significantly, a significant number of patients still suffer from persisting postprostatectomy stress urinary incontinence (SUI). In recent years, various minimally invasive sling systems have been investigated as treatment options for such incontinence. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was the prospective ...

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis » 2022 Volume 139, Issue 4 Additional Remarks to SLing 137(1): 83–84 and 138(2): 75–78 A

PURPOSE To evaluate tailored polypropylene (prolene) mesh, anterior rectus sheath, and vaginal wall slings positioned under the mid-urethra, to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women, as SUI is a common pathological condition causing considerable distress and compromising social, physical, psychological, and sexual health, and for which surgical treatment remains controversial. PATI...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to assess how stretching exercise training and sling exercise training for stabilization influences the cervical spine angles and cervical range of motion of straight neck patients. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty straight neck patients were selected as subjects and they were randomly divided into two groups, the stretching and sling stabilization exercise ...