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01-06-2008 | Original Article

The use of polypropylene mesh as a transobturator sling for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (early experience with 40 cases)

Authors: Abdelnaser K. H. Elgamasy, Osama M. Elashry, Mohammed A. Elenin, Hassan H. Eltatawy, Mahmoud D. Elsharaby

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 6/2008

Abstract

This study evaluated the use of traditional polypropylene mesh, used in hernias repair, as a sling in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Forty patients diagnosed with SUI underwent transobturator sling fashioned from the ordinary polypropylene mesh (vypro II®). Each lateral end of the tape is secured by a zero prolene suture. The procedure was then done outside-in, and the patients were followed up. The mean operative time was 40–60 min when the procedure was performed alone or accompanied with associated pelvic floor repair. Thirty-five patients (87.5%) were cured, and two patients (5%) significantly improved, but the procedure failed in three patients (7.5%), and the slings were removed because of vaginal erosion. Polypropylene mesh transobturator sling is an easy and cheap method for the treatment of female SUI with a high success rate.

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Title: The use of polypropylene mesh as a transobturator sling for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (early experience with 40 cases)
Authors: Abdelnaser K. H. Elgamasy
Osama M. Elashry
Mohammed A. Elenin
Hassan H. Eltatawy
Mahmoud D. Elsharaby
Publication date: 01-06-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 6/2008
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-007-0539-x

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The use of polypropylene mesh as a transobturator sling for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (early experience with 40 cases)

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