title: A suburethral sling procedure with polytetrafluoroethylene for the treatment of genuine stress incontinence in patients with low urethral closure pressure.
abstract: One indication for suburethral sling procedures has been recurrent genuine stress incontinence after previous incontinence surgery. Patients with low urethral closure pressures (20 cm H2O or less) in association with genuine stress incontinence are at particular risk for failure of standard anti-incontinence procedures. Urodynamic evaluation was used to select 17 patients with genuine stress incontinence and low urethral closure pressures for surgical treatment with a sling procedure using polytetrafluoroethylene. The technique of the procedure, cure rate, and postoperative complications were assessed. An 85% subjective and objective cure rate was found on urodynamic testing three months postoperatively. Complications included wound seroma, urinary tract infection, and urinary retention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Horbach
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ostergard
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Bent
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cornella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001769:Blood; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011312:Pressure; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014521:Urethra / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene