Sling procedures are surgical procedures used to treat urinary incontinence, the accidental leakage of urine ... allowing leakage. In this procedure, a sling is placed under the urethra, like a ...

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

Sexual function and urinary incontinence are closely linked ... such as mid-urethral sling (MUS) surgery and peri-urethral bulking injections (PBI). A study found that both MUS and PBI improved ...

Stress urinary incontinence ... indicated that mini-slings were noninferior to standard slings in terms of patient-reported success rates at both 15 and 36 months post-surgery, with similar ...

De novo stress urinary incontinence can occur following surgery for vaginal prolapse. In a new study, a selective prophylactic mid-urethral sling was the preferred and most cost-effective surgery ...

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 ...