Large thigh abscess after placement of synthetic transobturator sling.
OBJECTIVE
To report a unique complication associated with transobturator slings.


METHODS
The evaluation and treatment of a unique infectious complication of transobturator slings is reviewed.


RESULTS
A large thigh abscess associated with a transobturator sling was diagnosed and treated.


CONCLUSIONS
New techniques of sling placement may be associated with unique infectious complications. Slings passing through the obturator foramen and thigh can lead to a significant abscess within the adductor muscles of the thigh.
Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Lerner College of Medicine/CASE University, Cleveland, OH, USA. goldmah@ccf.org
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D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013848:Thigh / Q000382:microbiology*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*
D001672:Biocompatible Materials