THE FREE GRAFT PROCEDURE FOR CURE OF THE TETHERED VAGINA SYNDROME

Authors
PETROS PP ULMSTEN U
Citation
Pp. Petros et U. Ulmsten, THE FREE GRAFT PROCEDURE FOR CURE OF THE TETHERED VAGINA SYNDROME, Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology, 1993, pp. 85-87
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365599
Year of publication
1993
Supplement
153
Pages
85 - 87
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5599(1993):<85:TFGPFC>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Symptoms of stress and urge incontinence in 12/16 patients with the '' tethered vagina syndrome'' were substantially cured by insertion of a free graft in the vagina in the area of bladder neck. The operation wo rks by restoring elasticity in the vagina below bladder neck, thus all owing the bladder neck and urethral closure mechanisms to operate inde pendently.