Evaluation and Management of Mid-Urethral Sling Complications

Elizabeth Timbrook Brown, Joshua Cohn, Melissa Kaufman, Roger Dmochowski, W. Stuart Reynolds

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Abstract

Currently, a mid-urethral sling is the standard of care for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. However, complications can occur that are unique to polypropylene mesh such as mesh exposure, perforation, or contracture. Other complications such as de novo urgency and/or urgency urinary incontinence (UUI), urinary tract infection, and/or urinary obstruction can also occur. The diagnosis of these complications requires a high index of suspicion, and treatment is critical as these complications can be quite morbid. As such, this review will discuss the most recent literature regarding the intraoperative and post-operative evaluation and management of mid-urethral sling complications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)160-168
Number of pages9
JournalCurrent Bladder Dysfunction Reports
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bladder outlet obstruction
  • De novo urgency
  • Mesh perforation
  • Mid-urethral sling
  • Pelvic pain
  • Stress urinary incontinence

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