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Synthetic Midurethral Slings: Urinary Tract Sequelae

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Complications of Female Incontinence and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

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The midurethral sling (MUS) is considered by many to be the standard of care for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Complications from MUS surgery unique to the use of polypropylene mesh may occur including: chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia, mesh exposure, mesh contracture, neuromuscular injury, and/or organ perforation. In addition, there can be significant urinary tract sequelae such as urinary tract injury, de novo urgency and/or urgency urinary incontinence (UUI), urinary obstruction, and/or urinary tract infection (UTI). Techniques for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of such urinary tract complications are discussed herein.

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    Elizabeth Timbrook Brown M.D., M.P.H

  2. Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Joshua A. Cohn M.D., Melissa R. Kaufman M.D., Ph.D., William Stuart Reynolds M.D., M.P.H & Roger R. Dmochowski M.D., F.A.C.S

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Brown, E.T., Cohn, J.A., Kaufman, M.R., Reynolds, W.S., Dmochowski, R.R. (2017). Synthetic Midurethral Slings: Urinary Tract Sequelae. In: Goldman, H. (eds) Complications of Female Incontinence and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49855-3_16

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