title: Polypropylene sling for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raz
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011126:Polypropylenes; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes