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Abstract
Anti-incontinence sling is divided into retropubic route [2] and obturator route:[3] retropubic route embraces "down-up" and "up-down" approach to complete puncture of sling placement and obturator route consists of "inside-out" and "outside-in" approaches to complete the puncture sling placement. [...]in recent years, a more minimally invasive operation has been developed based on these two kinds of routes: the single mini-incision sling, with minimal invasiveness, less sling implanted, and no skin incision of the skin. Tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) with the application of synthetic sling to strengthen the vagina pubourethral ligament has become the first choice of SUI treatment performed by urinary gynecologists, urologists, and gynecologists worldwide for its minimal invasion and durable effect. Since Dr. Xiao-Wen Tong, who came from Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Tongji University, successfully performed the first TVT surgery in the mainland of China in 1998, sling procedure has been widely...