September 19, 2011 (Providence, Rhode Island) — The prophylactic placement of a midurethral sling in women undergoing vaginal prolapse repair who do not have stress incontinence initially can prevent ...

Synthetic mid-urethral sling (MUS) remains a common surgical option for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). There are two main types of MUS: tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and ...

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 ...

Although the etiology of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) has not been completely elucidated, understanding of the physiopathologic principles of female SUI has improved over the past several decades ...

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 ...

DALLAS – June 2, 2010 – As part of a national clinical trial, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found little difference in effectiveness between two popular treatments for one of the most ...

AUGS: Drugs Compared for Urinary Incontinence in Women For women without preoperative stress incontinence, placement of a midurethral sling at the time of vaginal prolapse surgery correlates with ...

The procedure describe above would be reported with CPT code 57288 — Sling operation for stress incontinence. Once the sling has been placed, the physician may perform a diagnostic cystoscopy to ...

In November 2011, a Maryland woman underwent surgery at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Maryland where Dr. Jeffrey Welgoss implanted her with a sling manufactured by Ethicon. The patient asserts that she ...