title: Single-Incision Slings (SIS) - a New Option for the Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence.
abstract: The new development of single-incision slings (SIS) for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence offers comparable results with only minimal side effects and will find wide acceptance in modern incontinence surgery. This mini-sling is inserted over a single vaginal incision and fixed on both sides to the pelvic wall tissue with special anchors, without passing through the groin and avoiding a blind tape passage. Compared with the established sub-urethral tapes, there are comparable success rates with fewer complications. Randomised prospective studies are needed to evaluate whether, in the long run, the benefits of the single incision technique can be correlated with satisfying continence results.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Klinik und Poliklinik für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, Mainz.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Naumann
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Klinik und Poliklinik für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, Mainz.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Albrich
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Klinik und Poliklinik für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, Mainz.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Skala
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Klinik und Poliklinik für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, Mainz.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laterza
authors.affiliation: Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Klinik und Poliklinik für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, Mainz.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kölbl
keywords: complications; new surgery; single incision sling; success rate