Stress Incontinence Treated by Vesicourethropexy

Abstract

TRUE stress incontinence in women is most commonly seen after trauma to the vaginal walls incidental to childbirth. It is now generally accepted^{1 2 3} that the cause of this incontinence and of that due to old age is the loss of the normal fascial and muscular supports of the vesical neck and urethra.Kegel^{4 , 5} has described what he calls "physiologic therapy" for this distressing condition. His method is an office procedure that requires great patience and persistence on the part of patient and physician. I am sure that his many successes are the result of strengthened muscles, which raise the bladder . . .