Fixed sling is superior for postprostatectomy incontinence
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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Comiter _ et al_. report the 1-year outcomes of the Virtue sling (Coloplast, Denmark)—a quadratic sling for postprostatectomy incontinence—in
_Urology_. They compared fixed and unfixed versions of the sling, and found that fixation was associated with superior success rates. At 12 months, objective and subjective success rates
were 41.9% and 41.9%, respectively, for patients who received the unfixed sling, compared with 70.9% and 79.2%, respectively, in the fixed sling cohort. This is a preview of subscription
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ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support REFERENCES * Comiter, C. V. _ et al_. The Virtue sling—a new quadratic sling for
postprostatectomy incontinence—results of a multinational clinical trial. _Urology_ 10.1016/j.urology.2014.02.062 Download references RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT
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