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Pubovaginal Sling: Try Again If It Fails at First.

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| June 01, 2001 | Boschert, Sherry | COPYRIGHT 2001 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- Half of all women who fail treatment for urinary incontinence with pubovaginal sling surgery may be cured by repeating the sling procedure, results of a small trial suggest.

Dr. Steven P. Petrou performed a second suburethral, pubovaginal sling procedure in 14 women who remained incontinent after initial sling surgery. The second procedure cured urinary incontinence in seven patients according to validated measures, he said at a urogynecology conference sponsored by the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale.

One other patient (7%) showed good improvement in incontinence symptoms, and four patients (29%) had a fair response. Overall, 12 (86%) were cured or ...

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