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  • Title: The polypropylene pubovaginal sling for the treatment of recurrent stress urinary incontinence.
    Author: Morgan JE, Heritz DM, Stewart FE, Connolly JC, Farrow GA.
    Journal: J Urol; 1995 Sep; 154(3):1013-4; discussion 1015-6. PubMed ID: 7637044.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: The significance of a 2-team approach to the problems of recurrent incontinence in patients with extensive pelvic scarring from previous surgery is emphasized. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed 88 consecutive patients who presented between January 1986 and November 1992. The demonstration of a scarred, wide open, proximal urethra or drain pipe urethra was the important selection criterion. Two teams, 1 operating abdominally and 1 vaginally, released the bladder neck from its bed of scar under direct vision and set the sling in place with minimal tension at the bladder neck. RESULTS: Of the women 75 (85.2%) were cured of the stress urinary incontinence and 8 (9.1%) had improvement with mainly urge incontinence, while 5 (5.7%) operations failed. There was a significant association between chronic chest disease and failure. CONCLUSIONS: The 2-team polypropylene (Marlex) mesh approach continues to be an effective treatment for women with complicated stress urinary incontinence.
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