LAPAROSCOPY OR OPEN BURCH COLPOSUSPENSION

The laparotomy Burch has long been considered the gold standard for th e repair of genuine stress incontinence. With the advent of laparoscop ic Burch, many have argued that possibly this should be the new gold s tandard. However, when many laparoscopic bladder series were examined, there was some question of whether these should be considered Burch p rocedures and there is still a lack of long-term laparoscopic data. Cu rr Opin Obstet Gynecol 10:405-409. (C) 1998 Lippincott Williams & Wilk ins.