Minimal Invasive Mini-Sling Procedure for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence

Abstract

background: Surgery for stress urinary incontinence has been modernized by the introduction of tension free vaginal tape technique TVT (1). Minisling introduction has been simplifying this surgical procedure.Aim: To make an assessment of the success rate of minisling for ladies with stress urinary incontinence.Method: Our study enrols 40 ladies. The mean patients age was 44 years,. 75% of them with pure SUI and 25% had mixed UI. Patient’s assessment postoperatively was made by clinical assessment 3 months and 1 year after the procedure.Result: success rate was very good 97.5%. Post operative complications was 5% retention, and 12.5% UTI. The 1-3 months follow up shows a 5% de novo urgency and a 1 year follow up shows satisfaction rate of 97.5%. Conclusion: Minisling procedure for SUI has low morbidity with low rate of complications and high success rate.