Polypropylene sling for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
BACKGROUND
Sling procedures have been used successfully for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Using similar surgical principles to the cadaveric fascia sling, we describe the placement of a thinly woven Prolene mesh under the mid to distal urethra. We describe our technique and report our initial early results. Technical Considerations. A total of 98 consecutive patients were evaluated. All patients had clinical evidence of stress urinary incontinence. The patients underwent a preoperative evaluation with video- urodynamic studies, symptom questionnaire, and cystoscopy. A 1 x 10-cm Prolene mesh was placed under the mid to distal urethra. Postoperatively, the patients were evaluated at 3-month intervals with a symptom questionnaire, physical examination, and postvoid residual volume determination.


CONCLUSIONS
We describe a new, simple, quick, inexpensive, and effective method to correct stress urinary incontinence by placing a Prolene mesh under the distal urethra.
Rodríguez
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Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011126:Polypropylenes; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery*
D011126:Polypropylenes