Abstract
We present a new device, SPARC Sling System, designed for the placement of a pubo-urethral sling for the correction of female stress urinary incontinence due to urethral hypermobility. Twenty patients (medium age 53.4), affected by SUI resulting from urethral hypermobility (range of Q-tip test 30°-70°, VLPP > of 70 cmH2O and POP grade < II according to Baden and Walker classification) are underwent to this surgical procedure. 85% of them, after a medium follow-up of 10.5 months (range 3–21) show a complete correction of SUI. Three patients, in which SUI persists, refer a significant improvement of the incontinence. We think that the high rate of success (85%), the swiftness of the execution and the versatility of the SPARC Sling System put this surgical procedure between the mini-invasive selected methods to correct female stress urinary incontinence due to urethral hypermobility.
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