Polypropylene sling for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • INTRODUCTION: Sling procedures have been used successfully for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Using similar surgical principles to the cadaveric fascia sling, we describe the placement of a thinly woven Prolene mesh under the mid to distal urethra. We describe our technique and report our initial early results. Technical Considerations. A total of 98 consecutive patients were evaluated. All patients had clinical evidence of stress urinary incontinence. The patients underwent a preoperative evaluation with video- urodynamic studies, symptom questionnaire, and cystoscopy. A 1 x 10-cm Prolene mesh was placed under the mid to distal urethra. Postoperatively, the patients were evaluated at 3-month intervals with a symptom questionnaire, physical examination, and postvoid residual volume determination. CONCLUSIONS: We describe a new, simple, quick, inexpensive, and effective method to correct stress urinary incontinence by placing a Prolene mesh under the distal urethra.

publication date

  • November 1, 2001

Research

keywords

  • Polypropylenes
  • Surgical Mesh
  • Urinary Incontinence, Stress
  • Vagina

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0035515317

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0090-4295(01)01350-4

PubMed ID

  • 11711364

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 58

issue

  • 5