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. 2011 Jul;2(2):57-64.
doi: 10.4103/0976-7800.92525.

Stress urinary incontinence: What, when, why, and then what?

Navneet Magon  1 , Bharti Kalra, Sonia Malik, Monica Chauhan
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Stress urinary incontinence: What, when, why, and then what?

Navneet Magon et al. J Midlife Health. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) has a significant impact on the quality of life for many women. Most women do not seek medical attention for this condition. Treatment for this problem includes initial conservative therapies and then surgery is an option. More than 200 surgical procedures have been described in the literature for the treatment of stress incontinence. The gold-standard surgical treatment of SUI in patients with a mobile bladder neck and normally functioning urethra has been accomplished through a retropubic approach using either a Burch or Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz procedure. By the absolute success of Trans obturator tape (TOT) application in treatment of SUI and the niche it has created for itself in the maze of treatment modalities available for SUI, there seems to be little doubt that TOT is all set to become the new Gold Standard for treatment of SUI in times to come. It is difficult to imagine any further improvements in the midurethral sling procedures or surgeries for SUI. However 10 years ago, no one could have imagined the progress and development that has been seen over these few short years in the treatment of SUI. The future may hold promise in technologies such as stem cells that may be injected in or around the urethral support structures and provide regeneration of the lacking support structures. What so ever, it's definitely time to provide millions of women with knowledge that empowers them to make lifestyle changes to decrease their risk of SUI and to understand the reality that they are not alone if they have SUI.

Keywords: Burch; Kegel's exercises; female; incontinence; stress urinary incontinence; trans obturator tape.

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Figures

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Figure 1
A weakened supportive “backboard” can not counter the downward forces due to raised intra-abdominal pressures
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Figure 2
Transobturator tape forming a subfascial support under the urethra
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