BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) presents an enormous disease burden to women worldwide, affecting 1 in 3 adult women.
Minimally-invasive synthetic mid-urethral slings (MUSs) are now firmly established as the surgical intervention of first choice in women with SUI, refractory to pelvic floor muscle training. Since the original retropubic Tension-free Vaginal Tape (TVT; Gynecare, Sommerville, NJ, USA) report in 1996, numerous variations of this technique have emerged. A recent Cochrane meta-analysis found MUSs to be an acceptable alternative to more traditional surgical treatments for SUI, although it noted the lack of long-term studies supporting their use...View or save the full text Mini Review as a .pdf file
Colin A. Walsh
Department of Urogynaecology, St George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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