Surgery for stress urinary incontinence in women: A 2006 review

Abstract

The surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence is a rapidly changing field. This review discusses recent advances in various injectables, minimally invasive techniques and open procedures. It particularly evaluates data from long-term outcome studies and describes peri- and postoperative complications from several procedures, such as bulking agents, tension-free vaginal tape and its modifications (TOT, TVT-O) as well as open and laparoscopic colposuspension.

Keywords

• Articifial urinary sphincter
• cervicocystopexy
• injectables
• slings
• stress urinary incontinence
• tension free vaginal tape
• urinary incontinence