Two similar, minimally invasive sling devices are commonly used to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI): tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and suprapubic urethral support sling (SUSS). Studies have ...

Insertion of midurethral synthetic slings is now the cornerstone surgical approach to treatment of stress urinary incontinence. A group from Poland randomized 537 women to synthetic sling placement ...

Women with stress urinary incontinence were more satisfied with outcomes when treated with a tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure rather than bulking therapy with transurethral polyacrylamide ...

We included 233 consecutive women who had undergone transobturator sling procedure for pure stress or mixed urinary incontinence in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geneva University ...

Sling-related complications vary with the material composition of the sling. While surgery with prepackaged synthetic slings is associated with a quicker recovery, shorter operating time, shorter ...

Lawsuit was filed by Ms. TB who was injured by the TVT-O, a polypropylene transobturator sling, used for the surgical management of stress urinary incontinence. The sling was rushed to market in 2004 ...