Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy (May 2015)

Review on midurethral sling procedures for stress urinary incontinence

  • Nazura Bt Karim,
  • Tsia-Shu Lo,
  • Enie Akhtar bt Nawawi,
  • Pei-Ying Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gmit.2015.04.003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2
pp. 33 – 36

Abstract

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Minimally invasive suburethral slings, namely the retropubic suburethral sling or the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT), has become the mainstay for surgical management of moderate to severe stress urinary incontinence (SUI) taking over the place of Burch's colposuspension after its introduction in the 1990s. Following the introduction of retropubic sling procedures are the transobturator (TVT-O) procedures and the mini-sling procedures. This review attempts to summarize the current trend of midurethral sling (MUS) procedures in the management of SUI.

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