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 ...

For women with frequent urine leakage, a newer and simpler "sling" surgery works as well as the standard version, according to a new clinical trial. The study involved women with stress urinary ...

HealthDay News — For patients undergoing mid urethral sling surgery, preoperative testing frequently does not adhere to national guidelines, according to a study published in the January issue of The ...

A recent study from the Mayo Clinic researchers has shown that surgery for management of stress urinary incontinence can yield better results than conservative methods such as exercise and urethral ...

"Our findings provide a health economics angle on how we can optimize pelvic organ prolapse surgery by addressing coexisting hidden stress incontinence in women with prolapse." — Tsung Mou, MD Many ...

Single-incision short sling mesh insertion aims to reduce the risk of urinary leakage in women with stress urinary incontinence. It is considered when conservative options (see section 2.2) have been ...

Two similar, minimally invasive sling devices are commonly used to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI): tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and suprapubic urethral support sling (SUSS). Studies have ...