A participant in a recent postgraduate course on urinary incontinence said to a panel of
surgical experts:“Just tell us what surgery works well, without complications, so that we can …

The gold standard treatments for stress urinary incon-tinence (SUI) remain Burch
colposuspension and autologous fascial sling. However, urologists today have little …

With prevalence rates ranging from 12.8% to 46.0% in Western countries, female stress
urinary incontinence (SUI) is common and has a significantly negative impact on quality of …

At present, there is no evidence to support the notion that there exists a single best operative
intervention for all patients with stress urinary incontinence. There is a small but slowly …

Urinary incontinence is defined as any involuntary leakage of urine. According to
International Continence Society guidelines, urinary incontinence is a symptom and a sign …

The prevalence of stress urinary incontinence is quite significant with large numbers of
women affected. Many of these women will not seek medical help in the belief that they will …

Numerous procedures have been described for the surgical correction of urinary stress
incontinence. As the reporting and standardization of studies improve, including long-term …

Historically, women who were considering surgery for stress urinary incontinence faced
wide abdominal incisions, inpatient hospitalizations, and a 6-week recovery period. Two …

PFMT is cost-effective in the short-or long-term. 9 In summary, PFMT is expensive to the
patient ($100 to $175/hr), invasive to a point, time-consuming, and best completed in a …

Abstract Purpose of Review Stress and urgency urinary incontinence are burdensome
conditions that have large effects on the quality of life of patients, along with having a high …