title: Indications, contraindications, and complications of mesh in the surgical treatment of urinary incontinence.
abstract: The most commonly performed surgeries for stress urinary incontinence are full-length mesh midurethral slings. This chapter will review the indications, contraindications, and complications related to the use of these mesh midurethral slings. Unlike transvaginal mesh for prolapse, complications related to mesh midurethral slings are low and less than the complication rates with previous traditional continence surgeries. Given their safety profile and efficacy, full-length mesh midurethral slings have been rapidly adopted and remain the current standard of care for stress urinary incontinence surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: UC San Diego Health Care System, Division of Urogynecology, Department of Reproductive Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA.
authors.forename: Anna C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Nager
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000601:surgery*