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Complications of Sling Surgery

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Female Urology

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Until recently, abdominal Burch colposuspension was considered the gold standard for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) (1,2). However, the introduction of vaginal sling surgery has been met with great enthusiasm because of comparable efficacy, but with lower surgical morbidity (3). With the advent of minimally invasive, tension-free, midurethral vaginal slings (4), colposuspension has been replaced as the most frequently performed procedure for SUI associated with urethral hypermobility with or without concomitant intrinsic sphincter deficiency (5). Although the incidence of significant complications has been low, the learning curve for vaginal sling surgery still needs to be respected.

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Sutherland, S.E. (2007). Complications of Sling Surgery. In: Goldman, H.B., Vasavada, S.P. (eds) Female Urology. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-368-4_11

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