[The prevention and treatment of recurrent urinary stress incontinence with the suspension according to Zoedler (author's transl)].

115 patients with severe urinary stress incontinence were operated according to the method of Zoedler with a nylon ribbon (31 cases) and a lyodura ribbon (84 cases). There were 56 primary operations and 59 operations for recurrence. In 13 patients the operation was combined with a fixation to the promentory according to Kuestner-Wagner. Continence was obtained in 90.3% of the cases at the end of one year in 84.2% of the cases at the end of three years and in 83% of the cases at the end of five years. The recurrence rate for the operations for recurrent stress incontinence was 20.6% the recurrence rate in the primary operations was 9.1%. The complications were described. The lyodura sling procedure is today primarily practiced as an operation for recurrent stress incontinence.