A new colpo-needle suspension for the surgical treatment of stress incontinence: a 2-year follow-up.
Sixty-three patients with urinary stress incontinence underwent a new colpo-needle suspension procedure. It differs from the other transvaginal bladder neck suspension procedures by using the fixed and stable Cooper ligament as the fixation point for the suspension sutures rather than the unstable and compressible anterior abdominal wall. At 2-year follow-up we obtained a 90.5% cure rate of urinary stress incontinence. We consider the procedure suitable for all patients with genuine stress incontinence. Long-term follow-up is required for further evaluation of this new technique.
Langer
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
Schneider
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Ariely
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Bukovsky
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Caspi
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014563:Urodynamics; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery