title: Ventral hernia of the urinary bladder with mixed urinary incontinence: treatment with herniorrhaphy and allograft fascial sling.
abstract: Abdominal hernias are not rare in women with urinary incontinence, but incisional bladder hernia is uncommon. The presenting symptoms in the rare cases reported included suprapubic discomfort, irritative voiding symptoms, and urinary incontinence. We present a patient with bladder herniation and severe mixed urinary incontinence. The pathophysiology of the urinary symptoms and the surgical alternatives for the correction of this condition are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Rovner
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Banner
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*