Cadaveric Assessment of Synthetic Mid-Urethral Sling Placement

Scott Serels

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DOI: 10.4236/oju.2011.12006                

Abstract

Purpose: To determine if 3 types of mid-urethral synthetic slings are visually the same. Materials and Methods: A retropubic, obturator, and single incision sling was individually placed in three cadavers. Tension was set using a spacer (obturator and retropubic). Single incision sling (SIS) tension was set by visual inspection. Thirty physicians were asked to determine placement method, tension, and location of the 3 slings. Results: Physicians were composed of 5 urologists, 7 urogynecologist, and 18 general gynecologists, with an average of 53 slings performed per year. Conclusion: This study showed that after placement of a sling it is hard to tell how the sling was placed and that most physicians felt the SIS was tensioned the best and most likely at the mid-urethra.

Keywords

Stress Incontinence, Surgical Correction of Incontinence, Single Incision Slings

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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