The distal urethral polypropylene sling (DUPS) procedure has been developed as a minimally invasive treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The technique involves placement of a polypropylene ...

Synthetic mid-urethral sling (MUS) remains a common surgical option for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). There are two main types of MUS: tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and ...

A recent study from the Mayo Clinic researchers has shown that surgery for management of stress urinary incontinence can yield better results than conservative methods such as exercise and urethral ...

Although the etiology of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) has not been completely elucidated, understanding of the physiopathologic principles of female SUI has improved over the past several decades ...

For women with frequent urine leakage, a newer and simpler "sling" surgery works as well as the standard version, according to a new clinical trial. The study involved women with stress urinary ...

Two common operations for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) help women achieve similar levels of dryness, according to a team of urologists and urogynecologists who compared the treatments in a large ...

Credit: Getty Images Recent meta-analysis is the first to compare the outcomes of urethral sling surgery for SUI in men with and without a history of radiation therapy. Men with a history of pelvic ...

Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2006;3(6):290-291. For the man suffering from urinary incontinence following prostatectomy, two surgical options are currently available: the bulbous urethral sling (BUS) and the ...

HealthDay News — For patients undergoing mid urethral sling surgery, preoperative testing frequently does not adhere to national guidelines, according to a study published in the January issue of The ...

"Our findings provide a health economics angle on how we can optimize pelvic organ prolapse surgery by addressing coexisting hidden stress incontinence in women with prolapse." — Tsung Mou, MD Many ...

Joseph Banno, MD, a board-certified urologist and founder of Peoria (Ill.) Day Surgery Center and past chairman of the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, suggests ASCs should consider ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: This is kind of embarrassing, but, for a while, I’ve been leaking urine. Can something be done to fix this incontinence problem? Up to 10% of men may experience stress incontinence ...