Autologous and synthetic urethral slings for female incontinence

✍ Scribed by Niknejad, Kathleen; Plzak, Louis S; Staskin, David R; Loughlin, Kevin R

• Book ID: 122399164
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 206 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0094-0143
• DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00074-5

✦ Synopsis

Over the past decade, urethral slings have emerged as the procedure of choice for the surgical correction of most types of female urinary stress incontinence. A variety of materials, autologous, alloplastic, and synthetic, have been used successfully as urethral slings. In the next decade, it is hoped that a better understanding of the factors that influence surgical success will translate into continued refinement of surgical technique.