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  • Title: Preventive vaginal and intra-urethral devices in the treatment of female urinary stress incontinence.
    Author: Vierhout ME, Lose G.
    Journal: Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol; 1997 Oct; 9(5):325-8. PubMed ID: 9360816.
    Abstract:
    A number of vaginal and urethral devices have recently been introduced for the treatment of female urinary stress incontinence. Nine recent studies of these were scrutinized. The median corrected subjective cured/improved rate was 63% for the vaginal and 43% for the urethral devices. The latter group have a high percentage of side-effects with related drop-outs. Urinary tract infection and migration of the device into the bladder are particularly worrying. The vaginal devices currently available compete favourably with other non-surgical forms of therapy for stress incontinence in terms of efficacy and safety.
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