(Reuters Health) - Several different types of mesh implant surgery may be effective for treating bladder leaks, but the long-term safety and effectiveness of the procedures isn't yet clear, a new ...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning about a medical device many say never should have been implanted in millions of women. In January, the FDA re-classified transvaginal mesh, a ...

About one in 30 women who get a common type of vaginal surgery to address urinary incontinence will need repeat procedures within 10 years to remove or replace mesh slings inserted to prevent leaking ...

Regina Stepherson needed surgery for rectocele, a prolapse of the wall between the rectum and the vagina. Her surgeons said that her bladder also needed to be lifted and did so with vaginal mesh, a ...

SMUS implantation is an operation for the correction of sphincteric incontinence in which a synthetic plastic like mesh strip (the sling) is passed around the urethra into the retropubic space or ...

Urinary incontinence is one of the most common and embarrassing ailments affecting women, and doctors said there are many options for treatment, most of which don't involve surgery. About 40 million ...

Study findings highlight the role of urodynamic studies in diagnosing problems after mesh removal. Mesh removal frequently results in bladder problems warranting careful investigation, researchers ...

MANY BECERRA TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR. MANDY: PENNY NICHOLS IS AN ENERGETIC PERSON. A DANCER IN HER YOUTH. BIAS AFTER I HAD CHILDREN I WANTED TO GO BACK IN TO DANCING AND I NOTICED THAT WHEN I WAS ...

(Reuters Health) - About one in 30 women who get a common type of vaginal surgery to address urinary incontinence will need repeat procedures within 10 years to remove or replace mesh slings inserted ...