The short-term effect of surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence using sub urethral support techniques on sexual function.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence on the sexual function of women and to identify whether such treatment can improve their sexual function and overall quality of life.

Materials And Methods: 64 heterosexual women with such indication were studied using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire, modified by introducing one question to evaluate the impact of urine loss. This was applied preoperatively and six months after surgery.

Endoscopic treatment of vesical and urethral perforations after tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure for female stress urinary incontinence.

Unlabelled: Stress urinary incontinence is a problem that is prevalent in women, and its treatment with minimally invasive techniques using synthetic materials has increased recently, although the procedure has also brought increased occurrence of specific complications such as vesical and urethral perforations. We describe 11 cases of endoscopic correction of vesical and urethral perforations due to the use of synthetic material for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.

Materials And Method: Eleven patients were treated for complications after undergoing the TVT(R) (tension-free vaginal tape) procedure; 6 of them had the polypropylene tape inside the bladder, and 5 had erosion of the urethra.

Seminal vesicle cyst and ipsilateral renal agenesis.

A case of seminal vesicle cyst with ipsilateral agenesis is presented. The embryologic events, clinical symptoms, and diagnosis are discussed, emphasizing the value of sonography and computer tomography in identifying the cyst. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice.

[Female urethral leiomyoma (author's transl)].

Literature registers 18 cases of female urethral leiomyoma. Three new cases of such pathology are herein described, with symptoms generally recorded in the literature : obstruction. The three patients were successfully treated by transvaginal resection of the tumor.