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The sling procedure is a surgical method to treat stress urinary incontinence (urine leakage during physical exertion). Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) mostly occurs in women, but males are also affected. Older women and women who have given birth are more prone to develop SUI It occurs when certain activities or actions, like sneezing, coughing, lifting weights, etc., can cause the leaking of urine from your urethra (a tube that connects the urinary bladder to an opening outside the body from which the urine is passed out in males and females). This occurs due to the abdominal pressure exerted on the bladder by these activities.
The sling procedure is the most common procedure used for stress urinary incontinence. The surgeon makes a sling (a strap used to suspend or carry something) from a mesh or from your own body tissue and puts it under the urethra. The sling works like a hammock, lifting and supporting the urethra and the neck of the bladder (the area where the bladder connects to the urethra). This helps in treating the leakage of urine by keeping the urethra closed. The sling is normally made from a mesh (synthetic material) or tissue from your body. Donor and animal tissue are not preferred as sling materials as the body may reject them.
The muscles in your pelvis provide support to the bladder and urethra. When these muscles are weakened, there is sagging of the bladder and urethra, which prevents the urethra from closing, thereby causing leakage of the urine from the bladder whenever pressure is exerted by the abdominal wall on the bladder (in case of coughing, sneezing, lifting weights. etc.)
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The sling procedures are done to correct the stress urinary incontinence that is caused due to the sagging of the bladder neck or the urethra. Sling procedures help keep the bladder neck closed with the help of the mesh/ tissue inserted around the bladder. A sling operation is recommended when lifestyle changes like losing those extra pounds and doing exercises to strengthen your pelvic floor have failed to treat the incontinence. Different sling procedures with a high success rate and low risk of complications are used to treat SUI, mid-urethral, and traditional sling procedures.
Before undergoing the surgery , it is important to prepare for it. Your surgeon will take a detailed history of your symptoms and discuss further action.
Sling surgery is an outpatient procedure meaning that you can go home the same day after the procedure It is performed by a urologist or a gynecologist, or a urogynecologist and takes 30 to 45 minutes to be completed. On the day of the surgery, the nurse will check your vitals (blood pressure, pulse, heart rate, urine output), and you will be asked to sign a consent form (to allow the surgeon to perform the procedure on you).
Mid-urethral is more commonly performed in which a thin mesh strip is used to make the sling. The surgeon does not use stitches to attach the sling; scar tissue is formed around it to keep it together over time. Your surgeon can put this sling under the urethra by 3 approaches:
Traditional Sling is similar to the mid-urethral approach, but the surgeon takes a tissue from your stomach/ thigh to make the sling or the donor’s tissue may be taken. 2 cuts are made- one in your vagina and the other in the abdomen. The surgeon will stretch the sling through the cut in your stomach, and then the sling will be stitched to the inside of the stomach wall.
Male Sling Surgery is not as common as the surgery performed in women, as SUI is more frequently seen in women than in men. In this, the surgeon makes a small incision (cut) between the scrotum (a sac-like structure located under the penis that contains the testicles) and the anus (the last part of the small intestine; feces are excreted from here to the outside of the body). The surgeon then puts the sling around the enlarged end of the urethra (urethral bulb). This leads to the urethra being lifted and squeezed, thus preventing the leakage of urine. In all the approaches, at the end of the surgery, a catheter may be put in for drainage for some days.
After the procedure, you will be sent to the recovery room for a few hours until the effect of the anesthesia wears off. Your vital signs, such as body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, heart rate, and blood pressure, will be monitored. The incision site will be checked for any bleeding or oozing.
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Stress urinary incontinence is a very troublesome problem that causes embarrassment to people. After a sling surgery, patients are able to lead a good quality of life. Similarly, there are a few benefits of getting a sling surgery :
The sling procedure is safe and effective, but certain risks may develop afterward:
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