Pubovaginal sling procedure for the management of urinary incontinence after urethral trauma in women.

AbstractTraumatic urethral injury in women occurs less frequently than in men and urinary incontinence is a serious potential complication in women. Two female patients are described in whom posttraumatic urinary incontinence resulted from either direct trauma to the urethra or from injury to the innervation of the urethra. Both patients were treated successfully with the pubovaginal sling procedure that directly compresses an incompetent proximal urethra. (J. Urol., 138: 527–528, 1987)