Recent advances in surgical management of urinary incontinence

F1000Res. 2019 Jul 31:8:F1000 Faculty Rev-1294. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.16356.1. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

There have been several recent developments in surgical treatments for male and female incontinence. This article reviews the current options for treatments of urge and stress incontinence in men and women. Treatments for urge incontinence discussed include intradetrusor onabotulinum toxin A, sacral neuromodulation and percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation. For stress incontinence, suburethral mesh, bulking agents, autologous slings, colposuspension, male slings and artificial urinary sphincters are assessed.

Keywords: Bladder; Surgery; Urinary Incontinence; stress incontinence; urgency incontinence.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Suburethral Slings
  • Urinary Incontinence / surgery*
  • Urinary Incontinence, Stress / surgery
  • Urinary Incontinence, Urge / surgery
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures*

Grants and funding

The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work.