Serious complications and recurrences after retropubic vs transobturator midurethral sling procedures for 2682 patients in the VIGI-MESH register.

Background: Midurethral slings are the gold standard for treating stress urinary incontinence, but their complications may raise concerns. Complications may differ by the approach used to place them.

Objective: This study aimed to compare serious complications and reoperations for recurrence after midurethral sling procedures when using the retropubic vs the transobturator route for female stress urinary incontinence.

[Hysteroscopic tubal sterilization with Essure® devices: a retrospective descriptive study and evaluation of hypnosis].

Objectives: The Essure(®) system is a hysteroscopic sterilization method. The aim of our study is to retrospectively evaluate the sterilization procedure with Essure(®) devices, with and without anesthesia, and in particular with hypnosis.

Patient And Methods: The descriptive study includes all tubal sterilization with Essure(®) performed during the year 2009 at the Maternité régionale de Nancy.

[An isolated vasculitis of uterine cervix and isthmus].

Isolated lesions of vasculitis are described in different organs, notably female genital tract. Exhaustive clinic and paraclinic exams are necessary to exclude an occult systemic vasculitis. We report a case of vasculitis that was restricted to uterine cervix and isthmus, fortuitously discovered by a 45-years-old woman after hysterectomy.

[Determinants of success and recurrence after suburetral free tape procedure for female urinary incontinence].

Objective: To provide a critical assessment on the tension free vaginal tape procedure used to support the urethra in female urinary incontinence.

Material And Methods: We identified articles related to Tension free vaginal tape through a MEDLINE search of English published literature from May 1998 to May 2006. Randomised control trial (RCTs) and retrospective clinical trials were selected including 478 publications on TVT (Tension-free Vaginal Tape), 55 on TOT) (Transobturator Tape), 17 on SPARC (Supra Pubic Arc), 2 on TPP) (Pre Pubic TVT).

[Chest pain and sulprostone during postpartum hemorrhage].

A case of chest pain in a 31-year-old woman after vaginal delivery with epidural analgesia during sulprostone administration is described. Chest pain occurred shortly after sulprostone was started and disappeared when sulprostone was stopped. Ischaemia related data were negative.