Sling procedures are surgical procedures used to treat urinary incontinence, the accidental leakage of urine, when caused by pelvic organ prolapse. Incontinence occurs when the urethra, the tube that ...

These muscles are also responsible for spinal flexion, helping you bend and twist. Your pelvic floor muscles run from the ...

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Essentially, the pelvic floor muscles act like a sling, supporting the pelvic organs including the bladder and bowel, as well as the vagina and uterus in women. When these muscles are weak, it can ...

Anterior colporrhaphy (with sutures in pubocervical fascia) combined with pubovaginal sling procedure. Lateral defects require a different approach in which the vaginal attachments to the pelvic ...

A pelvic floor physical therapist can help rehabilitate your pelvic floor muscles and ... The most common and most studied stress incontinence procedure. A synthetic mesh sling is inserted through a ...