Absorbable polyglactin mesh for retropubic sling operations in female urinary stress incontinence.

Mesh of absorbable polyglactin 910 instead of human tissues or nonabsorbable synthetic materials was utilized for retropubic sling procedures in 21 women with urinary stress incontinence. The patients have been observed for a period ranging from 4 to 14 months. 20 of them are continent while there was 1 relapse after 2 months. The postoperative complications were minimal, and there has been no instance of foreign body reaction.