C-Clamp Technique: A Retrospective Review of a Novel Technique to Prevent Bladder Injury in Retropubic Midurethral Slings.

Importance: Synthetic mesh midurethral slings have become the criterion-standard treatment for stress urinary incontinence with urethral hypermobility in women. Iatrogenic bladder injury is a known risk of the procedure.

Objective: Our objective was to show that a novel "C-clamp technique" can significantly reduce the risk of bladder and urethral injury at the time of bottom-up retropubic synthetic mesh midurethral sling placement.

Incidence of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage with Procedures Requiring General Anesthesia in Patients with Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms.

Background: The role of general anesthesia in precipitating aneurysm rupture is not clearly defined. In this study, we aimed to assess the natural history of unruptured aneurysms in patients undergoing non-aneurysm-related procedures requiring general anesthesia.

Methods: Retrospective review of consecutive patients with untreated intracranial aneurysms that underwent unrelated surgery with operative note documentation of general anesthesia.