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Urethrocliesis—a simple cure for stress incontinence
Author(s) -
PAYNE P. R.
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.tb09286.x
Subject(s) - stress incontinence , simplicity , stress (linguistics) , medicine , simple (philosophy) , urethra , surgery , urinary incontinence , physics , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , quantum mechanics
Summary. Urethrocliesis is a vaginal operation for stress incontinence in which the whole length of the urethra is narrowed by two rows of nonabsorbable sutures. A 2‐year follow‐up of the first 62 patients shows that 60 patients were satisfied with the results of their operation: a result that compares favourably with any of the other surgical procedures used for stress incontinence. The simplicity of the operation, and the fact that it can be applied to the old and young with an equal degree of success, commends it as an initial line of treatment in the management of stress incontinence.