A simplified surgical technique for the therapy of stress incontinence.
After a review of the literature on stress incontinence the importance of selecting the appropriate surgical procedure is emphasized. The long-term results of a modified and simplified method of retropubic urethropexy which has been used by the authors for 5 years are presented. The technique has been found equal in efficiency to other, more complicated, surgical methods.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*