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Stress Urinary Incontinence In Collegiate Female Athletes: Prevalence And Impact, Marie Bouchard

Master's Projects and Capstones

Abstract

Introduction, definition: Urinary incontinence is the involuntary leaking of urine (a few drops to a few milliliters). It can happen while exercising with no urge to urinate (stress urinary incontinence), with a sudden urge to urinate (overactive bladder or urgency urinary incontinence), or a combination of the two (mixed urinary incontinence). This issue is very common among female athletes. However, because of the reluctance to discuss this problem, it remains underdiagnosed and undertreated.

Methods:An anonymous and confidential survey was distributed to the 90 University of San Francisco female student athletes from seven different varsity sports in December 2017. …

Complications Of Vaginal Synthetic Sling Surgeries In Women: Population Based Cohort Study, Hanaa Al-Hothi

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Synthetic sling surgery is the procedure of choice for surgical correction of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in females. However, complications are recognized, with surgical intervention to treat them in some instances. In a retrospective study we identified and analyzed those complication to determine their incidence and associated predictive factors. A total of 59,887 women who had synthetic sling procedure were included. Incidence of surgically treated complications was 2.2 % ((95% CI 2.07- 2.30) and on 10 years follow up cumulative incident rate was 3.3% (95% CI 3.0- 3.5). There was no significant difference in complication rate between urologists versus gynecologists. …