Needle Bladder Neck Suspension
Definition
Needle bladder neck suspension, also known as needle suspension, or paravaginal surgery, is performed to support the hypermobile, or moveable urethra using sutures to attach it to tissues covering the pelvic floor. Of the three popular surgical procedures for urethral instability and its results in urinary stress incontinence, needle bladder neck suspension is the quickest and easiest to perform. It has many variants, such as the Raz, Stamey, modified Pereyra, or Gattes procedures, but its long-term results are less impressive than other, more extensive, anti-incontinent surgeries.
Purpose
Fifty years of surgical attempts to treat incontinence, especially in women, has resulted in three types of surgery tied to essentially three causes of a particular type of incontinence...
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