The Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning about a medical device many say never should have been implanted in millions of women. In January, the FDA re-classified transvaginal mesh, a ...

(Reuters Health) - Several different types of mesh implant surgery may be effective for treating bladder leaks, but the long-term safety and effectiveness of the procedures isn't yet clear, a new ...

Urinary incontinence is one of the most common and embarrassing ailments affecting women, and doctors said there are many options for treatment, most of which don't involve surgery. About 40 million ...

Urinary incontinence, or loss of bladder control, is a condition that affects millions of people. According to the Urology Care Foundation, a quarter to a third of men and women in the U.S. are ...

Bladder problems, long considered a nuisance and a source of embarrassment to millions of Americans, are now being recognized as problems that have serious medical consequences. People with an ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Two types of ‘sling’ surgeries are popular for treating female urinary ...

Sling Surgery Is More Effective Than Burch For Bladder Control In Women Date: May 22, 2007 Source: NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Summary: In the largest and most ...

Two common operations for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) help women achieve similar levels of dryness, according to a team of urologists and urogynecologists who compared the treatments in a large ...

We studied 27 women with urodynamically proven stress urinary incontinence who had undergone surgery using fascial sling technique. During a mean follow-up of 20 months, all patients were continent.