Mid-urethral polypropylene slings have become a standard treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women for the last two decades. Retropubic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) is the most common ...

In the largest and most rigorous U.S. trial comparing two traditional operations for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women, a team of urologists and urogynecologists supported by the National ...

Carl Klutke, MD Before surgery, 6% of women tested negative on the cough stress test compared with 98% at 12 months . SAN FRANCISCO—A urethral sling placed via a transobturator approach improves ...

If you're female and you lose bladder control upon exertion -- sneezing, coughing, laughing, lifting something heavy -- you may have stress urinary incontinence. As many women know, the condition is ...

Mixed urinary incontinence is a difficult-to-treat chronic condition affecting many older women. Both midurethral sling and onabotulinumtoxinA improved symptoms by 6 months without significant ...

Bladder leakage is a problem for 60-percent of women. These kinds of incontinence issues can be a big problem, and significantly impact quality of life. Sarah Avrech is a mom of three. She started ...