Method for surgical treatment of urinary incontinence and device for carrying out said method
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Jun 18, 2002
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Jan 21, 2000
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In a device and method for the percutaneous treatment of urinary stress incontinence in women using a synthetic sub-urethral tape, the device includes a needle, an intermediate traction element, and a sleeved support tape; and the method includes forming an opening in the vaginal wall and forming suprapubic incisions, creating tracks and following one track with a needle and intermediate traction element from a suprapubic incision to the opening in the vagina, following the other track with a needle and optionally an intermediate traction element, verifying the tracks by cystoscopy, passing a sleeved tape through the tracks to form a loop under the urethra, adjusting the loop, removing the sleeve, and leaving the tape implanted.
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