Recurrent stress urinary incontinence in the female.

1,500 females presenting with recurrent urinary incontinence were investigated in depth. 27% required further surgery, 127 of whom were treated with a 2-team Marlex sling. Careful assessment is the key to treatment including cystoscopy and good radiological documentation. One must be aware of the capabilities and limitations of the various procedures employed for stress incontinence and select the correct procedure for the given problem. When dealing with recurrent stress incontinence the surgical procedure must take down all periurethral scar, anteriorly and posteriorly and adequately elevate the urethrovesical junction so it is not the dependent point at the base of the funnel. The Marlex sling procedure fulfills the above criteria, has been singularly effective, and remarkably free of complications.