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 ...

Sling surgery is the most common surgery doctors use to treat urinary stress incontinence. That’s when certain movements or actions, like coughing, sneezing, or lifting, put pressure on your bladder ...

Synthetic mid-urethral sling (MUS) remains a common surgical option for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). There are two main types of MUS: tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and ...

Sling procedures are surgical procedures used to treat urinary incontinence, the accidental leakage of urine, when caused by pelvic organ prolapse. Incontinence occurs when the urethra, the tube that ...

Two common operations for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) help women achieve similar levels of dryness, according to a team of urologists and urogynecologists who compared the treatments in a large ...

Sling surgery has supplanted other anti-incontinence procedures as the treatment of choice for stress urinary incontinence. Iatrogenic obstruction after sling surgery is increasingly reported as the ...

A urethral sling placed via a transobturator approach has recently emerged as a treatment option for men with mild-to-moderate postprostatectomy incontinence. The primary difference between this ...

Credit: Getty Images Recent meta-analysis is the first to compare the outcomes of urethral sling surgery for SUI in men with and without a history of radiation therapy. Men with a history of pelvic ...

Urethral sounding is a medical procedure and sexual practice where a thin, smooth object is inserted into your urethra. Your urethra is the hollow tube that allows pee to leave your body. Sounding is ...

Dr. Vigna adds, “The data is terrible for women implanted with these devices. There is a 3.7% ...

PVDF slings offer similar success but with significantly less groin pain than polypropylene, yet remain unavailable in the U.S. despite global use P4HB mesh is fully biodegradable and completely ...

Sling surgery has replaced Burch colposuspension as the most common surgery for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). While incontinence surgery has become a routine part of urologic care, the ...