Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)

Introduction

Does this woman's story sound familiar? If you leak urine when you cough, laugh, sneeze, or perform strenuous physical activities, you may have stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

SUI is the most common type of urinary incontinence among women. It is often embarrassing and can make simple, everyday activities difficult, if not impossible.

Fortunately, SUI is the most successfully treated type of urinary incontinence.

There are many treatment options for SUI, and you may have already tried one or more of these options.

A treatment option that gets to the source of and effectively corrects stress urinary incontinence is the urethral support sling.

This section of the website will tell you more about the SPARC urethral support sling from American Medical Systems.

You'll learn about what causes SUI, what a urethral support sling is, and how it works.

You'll also find answers to common questions about how the sling is placed, and what to expect during and after the surgery.


Last update August 2006

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