A few well-placed stitches can prevent bladder problems in tens ofthousands of women each year who have surgery to fix sagging internalorgans, a new study suggests.
"It's a very common problem in women, and this is the first timewe've been able to demonstrate that an operation can actually preventurinary incontinence," said Dr. Linda Brubaker of Loyola University,who led the study. Results were published in today's New EnglandJournal of Medicine.
The nationwide, federally funded study was stopped early becausethe benefits were so clear.
It involved 322 women having surgery for pelvic organ prolapse, anuncomfortable condition that is basically a hernia of …
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