Open AccessReview on midurethral sling procedures for stress urinary incontinence
Author(s) -
Nazura bt Karim,
TsiaShu Lo,
Enie Akhtar Nawawi,
PeiYing Wu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
gynecology and minimally invasive therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.441
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2213-3089
pISSN - 2213-3070
DOI - 10.1016/j.gmit.2015.04.003
Subject(s) - sling (weapon) , medicine , urinary incontinence , stress incontinence , surgery , urology
Minimally invasive suburethral slings, namely the retropubic suburethral sling or the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT), has become the mainstay for surgical management of moderate to severe stress urinary incontinence (SUI) taking over the place of Burch's colposuspension after its introduction in the 1990s. Following the introduction of retropubic sling procedures are the transobturator (TVT-O) procedures and the mini-sling procedures. This review attempts to summarize the current trend of midurethral sling (MUS) procedures in the management of SUI