Sling surgery is associated with predictable, yet often unavoidable complications; intraoperative complications include bleeding and urethral or bladder injury Postoperative complications can ...

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 ...

The most common complication reported with sling surgery is bladder perforation during needle passage. Most large series report an incidence of bladder perforation of between 1—15%, [6,7,8 ...

Women who suffer from stress urinary incontinence ... outpatient procedure that usually can be completed within 30 minutes. The Gynecare TVT device uses a mesh sling to provide support to the ...