Objectives. To examine what changes are caused in the activity of the vastus medialis oblique (VMO) and vastus lateralis (VL) at the time of sling-based exercises in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) and compare the muscular activations in patients with PFPS among the sling-based exercises. Methods. This was a cross-over study. Sling-based open and closed kinetic knee extension ...

We describe SLING, a framework for parsing natural language into semantic frames. SLING supports general transition-based, neural-network parsing with bidirectional LSTM input encoding and a Transition Based Recurrent Unit (TBRU) for output decoding. The parsing model is trained end-to-end using only the text tokens as input. The transition system has been designed to output frame graphs direct...

PURPOSE We report our experience with the diagnosis and treatment of refractory synthetic sling complications in women. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study of consecutive women with failed treatments for mesh sling complications. Before and after surgery the patients completed validated questionnaires and voiding diaries, and underwent uroflow with post-void residuals, pad tes...

OBJECTIVE To assess the technical feasibility of mini-invasive sling procedure and present preliminary results in the treatment of urinary incontinence due to sphincteric insufficiency. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirteen patients (6 males, 7 females, 8 with myelomeningocele, 1 with tethered spinal cord, 3 with bladder exstrophy, 1 with epispadias) underwent sling procedure with porcine dermis ace...

PURPOSE We characterized continence, satisfaction and adverse events in women at least 5 years after Burch urethropexy or fascial sling with longitudinal followup of randomized clinical trial participants. MATERIALS AND METHODS Of 655 women who participated in a randomized surgical trial comparing the efficacy of the Burch and sling treatments 482 (73.6%) enrolled in this long-term observatio...

A 52-year-old man presented with purulent drainage from the scrotum and medial superior left thigh approximately 5 months after a second surgical procedure to remove fragments of an AdVanceTM male sling from the left thigh. Medical history began 6 years earlier when he underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy for high grade prostate cancer. One year postoperatively he was treated wit...

The AdVance transobturator sling represents an important treatment option for male stress urinary incontinence. Accordingly, recent data suggests AdVance to yield success rates of 62%-77% through 3 year follow up.1,2 Although experience to date is favorable, many questions exist. Foremost, the ideal technique for intraoperative placement and tensioning remains a topic of discussion. The exact m...

BACKGROUND Urinary incontinence is a significant medico-social problem and its incidence increases up to 70% in the postmenopausal period. OBJECTIVES We aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of transobturator adjustable tape (TOT) and mini sling in female urinary incontinence. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 69 patients were included in the study. Single surgeon applied TOT (n=56 with IS...

The use of a Mersilene mesh sling in brow suspension ptosis surgery is presented. Seventeen cases of severe blepharoptosis have been treated by means of this sling with favourable results. Materials used in brow suspension procedures are categorised and discussed, and it is concluded that the Mersilene sling is an alternative to those currently available for the management of severe blepharopto...