Periurethral injection therapy in women with stress incontinence.

Abstract

Periurethral injection offers an alternative to the current main method for surgical treatment of stress incontinence in women, which is a polypropylene sling that is placed without tension below the mid-urethra. Injection therapy is a simple, gentle method that provides significant improvement in the degree of leakage and quality of life, but the results are not on a par with the polypropylene sling. Injection therapy may be relevant when the main method is not suitable or desired.