title: Combined diverticulectomy and anti-incontinence surgery for patients with urethral diverticulum and stress urinary incontinence: is anti-incontinence surgery really necessary?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Urethral diverticulum has been identified in 0.6-6% of women and is diagnosed most frequently in the third to fifth decades. Combined diverticulectomy and anti-incontinence surgery are usually undertaken for patients with urethral diverticulum who present with symptoms of stress urinary incontinence. However, this approach may not always be necessary.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report two cases with urethral diverticulum and stress urinary incontinence successfully treated with diverticulectomy only.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This clinical approach could avoid the potential complications of anti-incontinence surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chi-Mou
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Juang
authors.forename: Huann-Cheng
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Horng
authors.forename: Hung-Chuan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Chih-Yao
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chia-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Ken-Jen
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ming-Shien
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*