Беженарь В.Ф.

Objective: to estimate long-term results of surgical sling treatment of stress urinary incontinence in Russia.

Materials and methods: From 2001 to 2011 years 4867 patients were operated in 40 major urological and gynecological centers. Operation TVT was performed in 12,8% cases, TVT-O - in 80% cases.

The article continues review of the scientific research on the fundamentals of the physiology and pathology of the continence mechanism in women.

Report is dedicated to review of scientific researches of female stress continence mechanism made in research institute named after D.O. Ott for last forty years. Basing on own researches, assimilating innovative ideas of other researchers, which were working on this problem at the same time, authors present own "synthetic" conception of female continence in physiological and pathological conditions as a multiple-factor, multiunit system, interaction of every factor of which has mutual connections and mutual dependencies.