Surgical procedure for the treatment of female urinary incontinence: tension-free inside-out transobturator urethral suspension
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1. A surgical method for treating female urinary incontinence, said method comprising:
- identifying a surgical exit point on a horizontal line above the urethral plane where a surgical needle will exit at a thigh of a patient, making an incision of the vaginal wall, performing a para-urethral dissection towards the ischio pubic ramus while avoiding a perforation of the vaginal wall, rotating the surgical needle around the ischio pubic ramus, and penetrating the previously identified surgical exit point from inside the patient with a tip of the surgical needle.
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Abstract
A new, quick, simple, efficient, safe, and reproducible surgical technique for the treatment of female urinary incontinence, in which the posterior urethra is suspended using a tape passed through the obturator orifices from inside (underneath the urethra) to outside (thigh folds). A variety of specifically designed surgical instruments are utilized to perform this operative procedure.
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1. A surgical method for treating female urinary incontinence, said method comprising:
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identifying a surgical exit point on a horizontal line above the urethral plane where a surgical needle will exit at a thigh of a patient, making an incision of the vaginal wall, performing a para-urethral dissection towards the ischio pubic ramus while avoiding a perforation of the vaginal wall, rotating the surgical needle around the ischio pubic ramus, and penetrating the previously identified surgical exit point from inside the patient with a tip of the surgical needle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A surgical needle for use in treating female urinary incontinence, said surgical needle comprising:
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a handle, a straight section having two ends, one end of said straight section being connected to said handle, and a spiral section having two ends, one end of said spiral section being connected at a junction to the other end of said straight section, the other end of said spiral section being a free end terminating in a tip. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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