(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 ...

Boston Scientific has launched a redesign of its mesh sling system, a surgical implant for relieving stress urinary incontinence in men, to make it easier to place and available to a broader ...

Study findings highlight the role of urodynamic studies in diagnosing problems after mesh removal. Mesh removal frequently results in bladder problems warranting careful investigation, researchers ...

MANY BECERRA TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR. MANDY: PENNY NICHOLS IS AN ENERGETIC PERSON. A DANCER IN HER YOUTH. BIAS AFTER I HAD CHILDREN I WANTED TO GO BACK IN TO DANCING AND I NOTICED THAT WHEN I WAS ...

Carl Klutke, MD Before surgery, 6% of women tested negative on the cough stress test compared with 98% at 12 months . SAN FRANCISCO—A urethral sling placed via a transobturator approach improves ...

"Our findings provide a health economics angle on how we can optimize pelvic organ prolapse surgery by addressing coexisting hidden stress incontinence in women with prolapse." — Tsung Mou, MD Many ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — As a woman, sometimes you feel you gotta go a little too often. This could be related to urinary incontinence. There are two types: urge incontinence and stress incontinence. "Urge ...

A recent study from the Mayo Clinic researchers has shown that surgery for management of stress urinary incontinence can yield better results than conservative methods such as exercise and urethral ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — For many adult women, supporting tissues in and around their vagina weaken to the point where the bladder and other organs descend from their normal position, creating a hernia into ...