Dr. Nager is Professor of Clinical Reproductive Medicine, and Director, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at University of California San Diego Health Care System.
Dr. Nager reports no financial relationships relevant to this article.
The current surgical options for managing stress urinary incontinence (SUI) include:
midurethral slings (MUS)
open or laparoscopic retropubic suspensions
pubovaginal slings
urethral bulking injections.
These options—specifically MUS, which are the predominant SUI surgical procedure and the clear standard of care—remain in the surgeon’s armamentarium after the July 2011, FDA safety warning.1
