title: Transvaginal bladder neck suspension to Cooper's ligament.
abstract: Numerous surgeries have been proposed for the treatment of genuine stress incontinence, with the goals to improve functional outcome and decrease complications and their associated morbidity. Two new, minimally invasive procedures, transvaginal retropubic urethropexy and transvaginal Cooper's ligament sling, are reviewed in this article. These procedures provide a completely transvaginal approach, without the use of abdominal incisions or bone anchors. The anterior point of suspension is Cooper's ligament. The transvaginal retropubic urethropexy is used for the treatment of genuine stress incontinence with urethral hypermobility, and the transvaginal sling also may be used in the presence of intrinsic sphincteric deficiency. The procedures are described and the recent outcomes discussed.
authors.affiliation: Evanston Continence Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, IL 60201, USA. p-sand@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koduri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sand
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000601:surgery; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery