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• TITLE: Cadaveric Assessment of Synthetic Mid-Urethral Sling Placement

  AUTHORS: Scott Serels

  KEYWORDS: Stress Incontinence, Surgical Correction of Incontinence, Single Incision Slings

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Urology, Vol.1 No.2, May 18, 2011

  ABSTRACT: Purpose: To determine if 3 types of mid-urethral synthetic slings are visually the same. Materials and Methods: A retropubic, obturator, and single incision sling was individually placed in three cadavers. Tension was set using a spacer (obturator and retropubic). Single incision sling (SIS) tension was set by visual inspection. Thirty physicians were asked to determine placement method, tension, and location of the 3 slings. Results: Physicians were composed of 5 urologists, 7 urogynecologist, and 18 general gynecologists, with an average of 53 slings performed per year. Conclusion: This study showed that after placement of a sling it is hard to tell how the sling was placed and that most physicians felt the SIS was tensioned the best and most likely at the mid-urethra.