A single-incision mini-sling worked just as well as the standard midurethral sling in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), a randomized study found. At 15 months, 79.1% of women who received ...

Carl Klutke, MD Before surgery, 6% of women tested negative on the cough stress test compared with 98% at 12 months . SAN FRANCISCO—A urethral sling placed via a transobturator approach improves ...

Women with stress urinary incontinence were more satisfied with outcomes when treated with a tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure rather than bulking therapy with transurethral polyacrylamide ...

Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2006;3(6):290-291. For the man suffering from urinary incontinence following prostatectomy, two surgical options are currently available: the bulbous urethral sling (BUS) and the ...

Sling-related complications vary with the material composition of the sling. While surgery with prepackaged synthetic slings is associated with a quicker recovery, shorter operating time, shorter ...

TORONTO—Women who received a monofilament polypropylene, light-weight, macroporous midurethral sling (Aris, Coloplast, Denmark) showed significant improvement in stress urinary incontinence (SUI) at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Single-incision mini-slings were noninferior to midurethral slings, which have been the surgical treatment of ...

A recent study from the Mayo Clinic researchers has shown that surgery for management of stress urinary incontinence can yield better results than conservative methods such as exercise and urethral ...

One of the most commonly performed surgeries to treat stress urinary incontinence in women may have better long-term results than another common surgical technique, according to a new study. The ...

Urinary incontinence is the leakage of urine due to loss of bladder control. The condition is common, impacting up to 50 percent of women. While urinary incontinence occurs more often in older women, ...