September 19, 2011 (Providence, Rhode Island) — The prophylactic placement of a midurethral sling in women undergoing vaginal prolapse repair who do not have stress incontinence initially can prevent ...

"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 ...

A multicenter study involving a UT Southwestern Medical Center urogynecologist will eliminate some of the guesswork physicians face about whether to use a sling during vaginal prolapse repair to ...

AUGS: Drugs Compared for Urinary Incontinence in Women For women without preoperative stress incontinence, placement of a midurethral sling at the time of vaginal prolapse surgery correlates with ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — For many adult women, supporting tissues in and around their vagina weaken to the point where the bladder and other organs descend from their normal position, creating a hernia into ...

Surgery to repair pelvic organ prolapse often carries a risk of incontinence. To avoid scheduling a second surgery, some women may opt to have a second procedure to reduce incontinence at the time of ...

Case: A 55-year-old woman who previously underwent hysterectomy with anterior colporrhaphy and urinary incontinence sling procedure 5 years prior now complains of recurrent urinary incontinence.

Background A 76-year-old female presented to an outside clinic with symptoms of pelvic prolapse; she denied stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The patient had a history of two prior anti-incontinence ...

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 ...

One of the most commonly performed surgeries to treat stress urinary incontinence in women may have better long-term results than another common surgical technique, according to a new study. The ...

In a Health Notification issued in October 2008 and updated in July 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned of serious complications associated with transvaginal placement of surgical ...