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 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Two types of ‘sling’ surgeries are popular for treating female urinary ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Single-incision mini-slings were noninferior to midurethral slings, which have been the surgical treatment of ...

Surgery for stress urinary incontinence (leaking that occurs with a cough or sneeze) improves symptoms of another form of incontinence, called urgency urinary incontinence, in women who have both ...

Urinary incontinence is the leakage of urine due to loss of bladder control. The condition is common, impacting up to 50 percent of women. While urinary incontinence occurs more often in older women, ...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:11:33 GMT — It's a problem that affects a lot of people, but it's not something that most people want to talk about. Urinary incontinence or loss of bladder control is an ...