What is Solyx sling?

Single incision sling system designed to offer a procedure with fewer steps and reduced dissection. The mesh assembly is designed to be placed away from critical structures, such as the obturator bundle, and the carrier snap-fit on the delivery device tip is designed to facilitate control during placement.

What is an Altis sling?

Device: Altis® Single Incision Sling System (SIS) The Altis® SIS is a permanently implantable synthetic sling for females placed at the mid-urethra to provide a scaffold for tissue in-growth and support for stress urinary incontinence.

How long is recovery from vaginal sling surgery?

Recovery time for tension-free sling surgery varies. Your doctor may recommend two to four weeks of healing before returning to activities that include heavy lifting or strenuous exercise. It may be up to six weeks before you’re able to resume sexual activity.

What is a single incision sling?

Definition: Single Incision Sling (also known as the Mini-Sling) is a surgical procedure that uses a narrow strip of permanent mesh to correct stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

What is a transobturator sling?

Tension-free vaginal sling procedures: transobturator tape procedure (TOT) is a treatment for urodynamically proven stress incontinence in women. TOT is a minimally invasive procedure that involves the placement of a small piece of polypropylene mesh around the pubic bones underneath the urethra.

How does a TVT sling work?

TVT sling is a minimally-invasive operation requiring three small incisions to insert and position the tape. A 1 cm cut is made on either side of the lower abdomen (tummy) with a 3 cm incision in the vagina to allow the tape to be put in place. Women are usually in hospital for one night following this type of surgery.

What are the side effects of a bladder sling?

Complications of urethral sling surgery may include:

• Difficulty urinating after surgery.
• New symptoms of urgency or urge incontinence.
• Injury to an organ (such as the bladder, urethra, or ureters).
• Internal bleeding.
• Infection at the incision site.

How long do you stay in hospital after bladder sling surgery?

Most women who have a mid-urethral sling operation need to stay in hospital for 1 to 2 days. than a day after your operation. During the first 24 hours you may feel more sleepy than usual and your judgement may be impaired.

Is a bladder sling the same as mesh?

In short: slings are usually used for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and are quite small. The size of meshes used for prolapse can vary, however it is usually more material than a small sling. Adjustable minisling for SUI, still with the adjuster arm attached, in place.

What can you not do after a bladder sling?

Avoid strenuous activities, such as jogging or weight lifting, and straddling activities, such as bicycle or horseback riding, for 6 weeks. Or wait until your doctor says it is okay. For 6 weeks or until your doctor says it is okay, avoid lifting anything that would make you strain.

How successful is bladder sling surgery?

Sling surgeries are as effective as other surgeries to cure stress urinary incontinence in women. About 8 out of 10 women are cured after this surgery.

How many years does a bladder sling last?

Success rates for open retropubic suspension surgery range from 85%-90%. But, the effects do not last forever. Symptoms can return over time, usually after five years.

What kind of mesh is used for solyx?

The Boston Scientific Solyx sling vaginal mesh product is a single incision mid-urethral sling system featuring polypropylene mesh that is used for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.

How does the solyx single incision Sling system work?

Resists Deformation The suburethral portion of the mesh is de-tanged and designed to resist deformation. The Solyx Single-Incision Sling System 522 post-market clinical study is a prospective, parallel cohort, non-inferiority study to assess the safety and effectiveness of a single incision sling.

Is the solyx sling safe for women with Sui?

The goal of the present study is to assess the short-term safety and efficacy of the Solyx SIS sling system in women with SUI. The present prospective study evaluating the safety and tolerability of the Solyx sling was conducted at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital and Norwalk Hospital between July 2009 and March 2010.

What is the average age of a solyx sling?

Twenty-one patients underwent placement of the Solyx sling by one of 2 experienced surgeons. The mean patient age was 60.0 years (range, 39-82 years). The mean parity was 2.7 (range 1-4). Eight patients had pelvic organ prolapse that ranged from stage 2-4 (based on pelvic organ prolapse quantification [POPQ] staging).