Prospective evaluations by two European teams support use of the AdVance ™ male sling to relieve post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The symptoms of three-quarters of men in whom the ...

Minnesota-based American Medical Systems has won a U.S. patent for covering the surgical methodology for implanting the AMS AdVance Male Sling, including broad patent coverage on transobturator ...

A urethral sling placed via a transobturator approach has recently emerged as a treatment option for men with mild-to-moderate postprostatectomy incontinence. The primary difference between this ...

"With AdVance XP, we are solidifying our best-in-class male sling status," said Whitney Erickson, vice president and general manager for men's health at AMS. "These enhanced features are designed to ...

DALLAS – Aug. 29, 2007 – Michael Yarborough, a 58-year-old business owner from Waxahachie, Texas, was fortunate. A routine check-up three years ago revealed prostate cancer, but a side effect of his ...

BEIJING—Surgical placement of male transobturator slings cures three-quarters of cases of male stress urinary incontinence (SUI) that develop as a result of prostate surgery, British investigators ...

As many as 40 per cent of men who undergo prostate surgery are left with incontinence problems. Businessman John Morrison, 70, from Chigwell, Essex, is among the first to benefit from a new device, as ...

Urinary incontinence is a common and distressing condition. Although management of stress urinary incontinence can be challenging, new innovations in 2010 have improved the range of therapeutic ...

The theme for this month is medium- and long-term outcomes of surgical treatments for urinary incontinence. A major weakness of most of the literature on this disorder is the lack of studies on ...

I had a prostatectomy for prostate cancer 10 years ago. I am still having incontinency and it is getting worse. I am miserable. Are there any new things on the horizon or what advice would you give me ...