urethral sling procedure

Indications

• urinary stress incontinence refractory to medical therapy

Procedure

• placement of a sling, made either of tissue obtained from the person undergoing the sling procedure or of tissue obtained from another source, under the urethrovesical junction & anchored to retropubic &/or abdominal structures

Complications

• see pelvic reconstructive surgery

Notes

• 3% of midurethral mesh slings are removed within 10 years

More general terms

• sling procedure
• anti-incontinence surgery
• pelvic reconstructive surgery

Additional terms

• urinary incontinence (UI)