Journal Reviews

Should maximal urethral closure pressure be performed before mid-urethral sling surgery for stress incontinence?

1 January 2017 | | Functional Urology, Infection | Maximum urethral closure pressure, Midurethral slings, Stress incontinence

Maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP) is a means of trying to provide an objective assessment of urethral integrity. In some centres it is used as a tool to help predict outcomes after mid-urethral sling (MUS) placement. The authors propose that...

Retropubic versus transobturator mid-urethral slings for stress incontinence

1 November 2014 | | Functional Urology | Midurethral slings, Randomized multicenter trial, Retropubic and transobturator procedures

Mid-urethral slings are commonly used in the surgical management of stress urinary incontinence. This multicentre, randomised trial aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of the retropubic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) with the transobturator tension-free vaginal tape (TVT-O) in a...