- In women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI), continence surgery at the same time as POP surgery likely improves rates of SUI after surgery. In continent women ...

Learning pelvic floor exercises can strengthen the muscles in the lower abdomen. The pelvic floor is a sling of muscles that supports the organs in our lower abdomen. We can't see them, but they help ...

"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 ...

A person may experience some pain and discomfort after bladder sling surgery. However, the pain should ease in a few days or weeks. People can consult a doctor if their pain is severe or worsens.

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 ...

CHICAGO — The ban on further sales of transvaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) imposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month has some people cheering, some saying that an ...

A bladder lift, also known as bladder suspension surgery or colposuspension, is used to help treat stress incontinence (leakage). A bladder lift involves cutting into the abdomen, lifting the neck of ...

Bozeman Health urogynecologist Dr. Alaina Bennett is the first surgeon in the state of Montana to be trained in and perform single-incision sling surgery. Dr. Bennett is double board-certified in ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, poor clinical outcomes and a Federal Drug Administration (FDA) ...

The SUPeR study was designed to determine whether treatment failure rates differed for vaginal mesh hysteropexy, a uterine conserving procedure, compared to a vaginal hysterectomy with suture apical ...