A new, simple, safe, effective and cost-effective procedure for genuine stress incontinence: Midurethral polypropylene sling

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-60

  Demirci, Fuat ^a   Ozdemir, Ismail ^a   Yucel, Oguz ^a   Alhan, Ali ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Incontinence surgery; Midurethral sling; Tension free vaginal tape; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEEDLE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SAFETY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA SURGERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0038294738     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00006.x     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Petros P, Ulmsten U. An integral theory and its method for the diagnosis and management of female urinary incontinence. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 1993; 153: 1-93.
2. Ulmsten U, Henriksson L, Johnson P, Varhos G. An ambulatory surgical procedure under local anesthesia for treatment of female urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 1996; 7: 81-85.
3. Nilsson CG. The tension-free vaginal tape procedure (TVT) for treatment of female urinary incontinence. A minimal invasive surgical procedure. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1998; 168: 34-37.
4. Ulmsten U, Falconer C, Johnson P, Jomaa M, Lanner L, Nilsson CG, Olsson I. A multicenter study of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) for surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Disfunct. 1998; 9: 210-213.
5. McGuire EJ, Wan J. Pubovaginal slings. In: Hurt WG (ed). Urogynecologic Surgery. Richmond: Aspen Publishers 1992, 97-104.
6. Ghoneim GM, Shaaban A. Sub-urethral slings for treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J. 1994; 5: 228-239.
7. Chong C, Fynes M, Dwyer P. A modified technique for insertion of a polypropylene sling for the treatment of genuine stress incontinence. Int Urogynecol J. 2001; 12 (Suppl. 3): 52.