The American Urogynecologic Society addresses the problems with access to surgeons with the skills to provide both partial and complete mesh revision. Dr. Nager, The Future Tool Box you referred to ...

A follow-up of nearly 60,000 women who received a synthetic vaginal mesh sling for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence finds the risk is low for needing a second surgery for mesh removal or ...

(Reuters Health) - Several different types of mesh implant surgery may be effective for treating bladder leaks, but the long-term safety and effectiveness of the procedures isn't yet clear, a new ...

Synthetic mesh sling procedures cure hundreds of thousands of women suffering from stress urinary incontinence in the United States every year, according to the American Urogynecologic Society. But it ...

Sling procedures are surgical procedures used to treat urinary incontinence, the accidental leakage of urine, when caused by pelvic organ prolapse. Incontinence occurs when the urethra, the tube that ...

SMUS implantation is an operation for the correction of sphincteric incontinence in which a synthetic plastic like mesh strip (the sling) is passed around the urethra into the retropubic space or ...

(Reuters Health) - About one in 30 women who get a common type of vaginal surgery to address urinary incontinence will need repeat procedures within 10 years to remove or replace mesh slings inserted ...

Robot-assisted surgical management of mid-urethral sling (MUS) erosion into the bladder represents a novel approach in urological surgery. This study reports the first 2 cases in Poland treated using ...

A TURBT allows examination beyond the bladder. Women younger than 46 years undergoing surgical correction are especially at risk for depression. Women with transvaginal mesh complications requiring ...