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Dr. Lyndon Taylor, board-certified OB/GYN at Healthcare for Women, offers a number of treatments for urinary incontinence, including surgically placed slings. There are two types of sling procedures.

Obstetrics and gynecology doctors may perform a prolapse surgery buy raising the bladder back up and suturing it in place. The gynecologist may use a mesh sling to support the prolapsed bladder.

Conclusions: Gynecologists perform the majority of sling procedures for stress urinary incontinence.

Abdominal sling surgery is defined as attachment of either the connective tissue graft (fascia lata) or some synthetic material (Mersilene) to the anterior wall of the exposed vaginal vault following total hysterectomy or to the posterior wall of the uterine cervix in total and subtotal uterine prolapse, whereas the ...

Dr. Lyndon Taylor, board-certified OB/GYN at Healthcare for Women, offers a number of treatments for urinary incontinence, including surgically placed slings.

During a transobturator sling procedure, a surgeon makes a small cut in the vagina and two small cuts in the groin muscles on either side. Using a needle, the surgeon guides each end of a piece of mesh from the vagina to the groin muscles.

Rectus fascia sling (also known as pubovaginal sling or autologous sling) is an operation to treat stress urinary incontinence.

In this procedure, a sling is placed under the urethra, like a hammock, to support the urethra and provide pressure to keep the urethra opening closed. The sling can be made from a man-made material such as mesh or, if necessary, the woman's own tissue or animal tissue.