[Vaginal wall sling in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. Analysis of 27 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the results of the vaginal wall sling procedure in the treatment of stress incontinence.


METHODS
A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the clinical outcome of the vaginal wall sling procedure in the treatment of genuine stress incontinence. The study comprised 27 women with a mean follow-up of 15 months postoperatively.


RESULTS
Of the 27 patients who underwent this surgical procedure, 12 (44%) are continent and 9 (33%) have improved, accounting for 77% overall cure and improvement rate. Six patients (22%) remained incontinent. Mean operating time was 90 minutes and mean length of hospital stay was 8 days.


CONCLUSIONS
In our experience, the vaginal wall sling procedure for genuine stress incontinence did not achieve the good results obtained in other series.
Madrid García
F J
FJ
Servicio de Urología, Hospital del Bierzo, Ponferrada, León, España.
Rivas Escudero
J A
JA
Madroñero Cuevas
C
C
García Alonso
J
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014621:Vagina