Update on complications of synthetic suburethral slings

Synthetic suburethral slings have become the most widely used technique for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Despite its high success rates, significant complications have been reported including bleeding, urethral or bladder injury, urethral or bladder mesh erosion, intestinal...

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Published inInternational Brazilian Journal of Urology Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 822 - 834
Main Authors Gomes, Cristiano Mendes, Carvalho, Fabrício Leite, Bellucci, Carlos Henrique Suzuki, Hemerly, Thiago Souto, Baracat, Fábio, de Bessa, Jr, Jose, Srougi, Miguel, Bruschini, Homero
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 01.09.2017
Subjects
Female
Humans
Polypropylenes
Postoperative Complications
Review
Suburethral Slings - adverse effects
Urinary Incontinence
Urinary Incontinence, Stress - surgery
Urologic Surgical Procedures - adverse effects
Urologic Surgical Procedures - instrumentation
Polypropylenes
Postoperative Complications
Urinary Incontinence
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Summary:Synthetic suburethral slings have become the most widely used technique for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Despite its high success rates, significant complications have been reported including bleeding, urethral or bladder injury, urethral or bladder mesh erosion, intestinal perforation, vaginal extrusion of mesh, urinary tract infection, pain, urinary urgency and bladder outlet obstruction. Recent warnings from important regulatory agencies worldwide concerning safety issues of the use of mesh for urogynecological reconstruction have had a strong impact on patients as well as surgeons and manufacturers. In this paper, we reviewed the literature regarding surgical morbidity associated with synthetic suburethral slings.
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ISSN:1677-5538
1677-6119
1677-6119
1677-5538
DOI:10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2016.0250