Hypothesis / aims of study Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a common problem for women. SUI has proven to have a negative impact on the quality of life for women suffering from this condition. Treatment of the condition consists mainly of physiotherapy and/or operative treatment. Nowadays the midurethral sling is the operative procedure of first choice. This sling can be placed by two diffe...

Sling therapy is the enhanced surgical support of the urethra. In this article, the history of the use of slings for the surgical treatment of female urinary stress incontinence is reviewed, and the usual surgical routes for retropubic (transvaginal) or transobturator tape passage are described. The latest innovation in sling therapy is the use of minislings, which are short tape mesh implants ...

This non-randomised study prospectively compared clinical efficacy and patient satisfaction of singleincision mid-urethral tape (OphiraTM) against transobturator tape (ObtryxTM). Objective cure rates were defined at 12 months follow-up as negative cough stress test and subjective cure was assessed by patient perception of improved symptoms, using the International Consultation on Incontinence Q...

Most intraoperative provocative tests previously reported were performed after mesh adjustment to confirm the absence of urine leakage. Instead, our test was performed before adjustment of the mesh to control the tape tension after observing the pattern of the urine leakage. We studied whether this method had an effect on the success rate of transobturator tape (TOT) procedures. A total of 96 p...