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, 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 ...

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 ...

A quarter to a third of men and women in the U.S. suffer from urinary incontinence, according to the Urology Care Foundation, yet fewer than half of those report their symptoms to health care ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...