Safety considerations for synthetic sling surgery

JG Blaivas, RS Purohit, MS Benedon, G Mekel… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Implantation of a synthetic midurethral sling (SMUS) is the most commonly performed anti-
incontinence operation in women worldwide. The effectiveness of the SMUS is comparable …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of overactive bladder in women

KE Hartmann, ML McPheeters, DH Biller… - Database of Abstracts …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The authors concluded that the evidence did not allow definitive conclusions on the relative
benefit and harm of different treatments to achieve similar results. High-quality research was …

Complications of tension‐free vaginal tape surgery: a multi‐institutional review

R Abouassaly, JR Steinberg, M Lemieux… - BJU …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE To analyse the complications of tension‐free vaginal tape (TVT) surgery, a
minimally invasive alternative for treating patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), at …

RETRACTED: A prospective randomized trial comparing tension-free vaginal tape and transobturator suburethral tape for surgical treatment of stress urinary …

R de Tayrac, X Deffieux, S Droupy… - American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
This article has been retracted at the request of the chief editors and authors. Reason: The
authors failed to obtain ethics approval required for the study and made false statements in …

Presentation and management of major complications of midurethral slings: are complications under‐reported?

DY Deng, M Rutman, S Raz… - … : Official Journal of the …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Midurethral slings have become the mainstay of stress urinary incontinence (SUI)
treatment due to their efficacy and low complication rates. The purpose of this study was to …

Burch colposuspension and tension-free vaginal tape in the management of stress urinary incontinence in women

A Liapis, P Bakas, G Creatsas - European urology, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: Objective of the study was to compare the efficacy and the complications of
tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and Burch colposuspension in the treatment of female …

Factors predictive of urinary retention after a tension-free vaginal tape procedure for female stress urinary incontinence

B Hong, S Park, HS Kim, MS Choo - The Journal of urology, 2003 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We performed this study to evaluate factors related to urinary retention after a
tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure for female stress urinary incontinence. Materials …

RETRACTED: Autologous myoblasts and fibroblasts versus collagen for treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women: a randomised controlled trial

H Strasser, R Marksteiner, E Margreiter, GM **gera… - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
Background Preclinical studies have suggested that transurethral injections of autologous
myoblasts can aid in regeneration of the rhabdosphincter, and fibroblasts in reconstruction …

Incidence and predictors of prolonged urinary retention after TVT with and without concurrent prolapse surgery

AI Sokol, JE Jelovsek, MD Walters, MFR Paraiso… - American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to describe the time to adequate voiding,
incidence of urinary retention, and predictors of voiding efficiency and urinary retention after …

Tension-free vaginal tape versus tension-free vaginal tape obturator in women with stress urinary incontinence

A Liapis, P Bakas, M Giner, G Creatsas - Gynecologic and obstetric …, 2006 - karger.com
Background: To assess the efficacy and complications of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT)
versus tension-free vaginal tape obturator in women with urodynamic stress incontinence …