Porcine corium sling in the treatment of urinary stress incontinence

Porcine dermis was used for abdomino-vaginal urethroplasty in 53 women with urinary stress incontinence. The patients have been followed for periods ranging from 1.5 to 4 years; 47 of them were continent of urine both subjectively and on urodynamic testing. The postoperative complications were minimal and there has been no instance of foreign body reaction.