Interventions for treating people with symptoms of bladder pain syndrome: a network meta-analysis.

Background: Bladder pain syndrome (BPS), which includes the condition of interstitial cystitis, is a poorly understood clinical condition for which patients present with varying symptoms. Management of BPS is challenging for both patients and practitioners. At present, there is no universally accepted diagnosis and diverse causes have been proposed.

Mid-urethral sling operations for stress urinary incontinence in women.

Background: Urinary incontinence is a very common and debilitating problem affecting about 50% of women at some point in their lives. Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a predominant cause in 30% to 80% of these women imposing significant health and economic burden on society and the women affected. Mid-urethral sling (MUS) operations are a recognised minimally invasive surgical treatment for SUI.

Retropubic or transobturator mid-urethral slings for intrinsic sphincter deficiency-related stress urinary incontinence in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Stress urinary incontinence is a common problem affecting 12-46% of women. A cohort of women have a more severe form of stress urinary incontinence usually due to intrinsic urethral sphincter deficiency that has traditionally resulted in lower success rates with standard treatment modalities. We aim to address the question of whether transobturator sling insertion is more effective than retropubic sling insertion in the treatment of intrinsic sphincter deficiency-related stress urinary incontinence in women.