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...

Introduction: We compared the outcomes of transobturator and retropubic mid-urethral sling procedures for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in the light of our experience and recent literature data. Materials and Methods: Between 2004 and 2007, 122 patients underwent mid-urethral sling surgery. Transobturator route was used in 68 patients [IVS04TM in 26, polypropylene mesh in 42 (TOT)] a...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether there are any significant differences in complications and success rate between adjustable transobturator tape (TOA) and ordinary transobturator tape (TOT) in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (fSUI), as the TOA was recently introduced for the treatment of female SUI, its advantage being the ability to adjust the tape after surgery to address ov...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was (1) to compare early results of transobturator tape (TOT) implantation in women with lower and higher Valsalva leak point pressure (VLPP) and (2) to find out significant and independent prognostic factors of TOT implantation. MATERIAL AND METHODS 97 female patients (pts) underwent TOT implantation between March 2004 and September 2007. We observed preoperat...

PURPOSE Midurethral synthetic slings for female stress urinary incontinence are minimally invasive polypropylene mesh tapes that are inserted under the midurethra with trocars. In the past decade, this new technology has become the most commonly performed procedure for female stress urinary incontinence, replacing the traditional open procedures. However, its effectiveness in pre- and postmenop...

Numerical investigation has been carried out on heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of copper-water nanofluid flow in a constant heat-fluxed tube with the existence of new configuration of vortex generator using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation. Two types of swirl flow generator: Classical twisted tape (CTT) and Parabolic-cut twisted tape (PCT) with a different twist ...

BACKGROUND Stress urinary incontinence in women is a common problem that impairs the quality of life in patients. The extraordinary number of procedures to treat stress urinary incontinence reflects a lack of consensus on an appropriate intervention for this problem. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to compare the results of transobturator tape (TOT) procedure and anterior colporrhaphy with...

BACKGROUND We thought that the application of Kinesio Tape (KT) on the foot and ankle in stroke patients may improve the quality of somatosensory information and may activate ankle muscles which have an important role in postural control and that ultimately balance could be improved in stroke patients. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of KT on balance in stroke ...