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The gauze hammock sling operation in the treatment of stress incontinence
Author(s) -
KERSEY J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06767.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sling (weapon) , stress incontinence , surgery , urinary incontinence
Summary. Moir's gauze hammock sling operation for stress incontinence is described with minor modifications, and a series of 105 consecutive patients with independent follow up from 6 months to 9 years is pre sented. Patients were selected for operation on clinical grounds, urodynamic investigations only becoming available at the end of the series. In 48 patients the operation was a primary procedure. The outcome was determined by clinical review in 93 patients and by case note review in a further 10 with only two patients being lost to follow up. Of the 103 patients assessed, 62 were continent, 26 improved and there were 15 failures. There were two vesico‐vaginal fistulas. The results compare favourably with other suprapubic operations for stress incontinence.