Search Results for "Cpt Code For Miniarc Suburethral Sling Placement"
Original Source: Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Versus Transobturator Suburethral Tape: Five-Year Follow-up Results of a Prospective, Randomised Trial.
BACKGROUND: Many studies have assessed the equivalent effectiveness of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and transobturator suburethral tape (TVT-O) at short- to medium-term follow-up, but no long-term randomised trials appear in the literature. OBJECTIVE: We compared the use of TVT to TVT-O, providing a longer follow-up than currently appears in the literature. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two consecutive patients affected by stress urinary incontinence (SUI) were included in this randomised, c...
Matching Channels
Exon Skipping in development for DMD
The dystrophin gene is the largest gene in the body, consisting of 79 exons. Exons are small sequences of genetic code which, via an intermediate step involving RNA, lead to the assembly of sections...
Matching News
Selective Sling Placement With POP Repair
Is selective sling placement a viable and cost-effective approach for management of women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse? Medscape Urology
Transobturator suburethral tape effective for at least 5 years for stress urinary incontinence
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Transobturator suburethral tape (TOT) is effective for at least five years in most women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), although its effectiveness declines wit...
Sling reduces incontinence after prolapse surgery
Prophylactic placement of a retropubic midurethral sling during surgery for vaginal prolapse approximately halves the risk of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after surgery, but increases the ris...
Midurethral sling prevents incontinence after prolapse repair, at a price
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Placement of a midurethral sling during repair of pelvic-organ prolapse can prevent urinary incontinence, but it also increases the risks of bladder perforation and voi...
Mid-urethral sling reduces incontinence after prolapse surgery
Patients who receive a mid-urethral sling have less than half the risk of urinary incontinence after prolapse surgery than those who do not receive a sling, according to a recent study.
Iatrogenic obstruction after sling surgery
As sling surgery becomes an increasingly popular treatment option for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), iatrogenic obstruction and postoperative voiding dysfunction are becoming recognized...
A Mayo Clinic specialist explains the possible hazards of using a baby sling.
Matching PubMed Articles
Sonographic appearance of transobturator slings: implications for function and dysfunction.
INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The aim of this study was to determine associations between the ultrasonic appearance of Monarc suburethral slings and postoperative bladder symptoms at an average follow-...
INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: This study aims to evaluate clinical outcomes of concomitant suburethral sling with LeFort colpocleisis including its effect on postoperative voiding. METHODS: We performe...
Hydronephrosis after suburethral sling implantation : Diagnosis and operative management in men.
Readjustable suburethral sling procedures have become established as a standard method for therapy of postoperative urinary stress incontinence in men. Due to the silicone construction revision after...
Suburethral sling in autoimmune patients: complications, quality of life, and success rate.
INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: Suburethral sling procedures are a mainstay for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The interaction between the sling and th...
Pain after suburethral sling insertion for urinary stress incontinence.
INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: Pain after suburethral sling insertion is an uncommon, but troublesome complication of continence surgery; in some cases it can cause significant distress and disability....
