A single-incision mini-sling worked just as well as the standard midurethral sling in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), a randomized study found. At 15 months, 79.1% of women who received ...

Urinary distress inventory scores improved with either treatment over 6 months. Both onabotulinimtoxinA (BTX) and midurethral sling (MUS) show efficacy over 6 months in treating women with mixed ...

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 ...

Embarrassment often gets in the way of remedies for stress incontinence in women. Also called "leakage" in roundabout terms, stress incontinence involves urine leaking when a person coughs, sneezes, ...

Urinary incontinence (UI) manifests in various forms, each with its own set of symptoms and causes. Understanding the different types is essential in selecting the most effective management strategies ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bladder leaks can be disruptive—and they’re very common. Up to 30 percent of older adults experience incontinence. The problem is more prevalent in women, but the percentage of men with an overactive ...

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 ...