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- Title
Midurethral Slings.
- Authors
Zambon, Joao P.; Matthews, Catherine Ann; Badlani, Gopal H.
- Abstract
Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common symptom affecting almost one-third of adult women. UI can occur because of hypermobility or intrinsic sphincter deficiency of the urethra. Regardless its etiology, it is associated with poor quality of life and most of the incontinent women develop symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and social isolation over time. The synthetic midurethral sling (MUS) was first introduced in 1995 and quickly became the gold standard treatment for women with stress UI because of intrinsic sphincter deficiency and/or urethral hypermobility. This session addresses the indications, preoperative preparation, surgical steps, postoperative care, and complications related to synthetic MUSs. Owing to the exponential increase in the prevalence of mesh-related complications, we also developed a rational evidence-based algorithm that will help urologists to diagnose and manage this specific subset of patients.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of urinary stress incontinence; JOINT hypermobility; SPHINCTERS; URETHRA diseases; SURGICAL complications; ETIOLOGY of diseases
- Publication
Journal of Endourology, 2018, Vol 32, pS-105
- ISSN
0892-7790
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/end.2018.0020