Sufu Podcast

South AmericaPanelist: Marcio A. Averbeck, MD, MSc, PhDUKPanelist: Tamsin J. Greenwell, MBChB, MD FRCS(Urol)CanadaPanelist: Blayne K. Welk, MDContinental EuropePanelist: Matteo Balzarro, MDBlayne K. Welk, MDSt. Josephs HospitalLondon, ONConsistent with many other societies, the Canadian Urology Association supports the use of midurethral synthetic slings for the treatment of stress incontinence. However, these procedures have decreased substantial over the last 10 years in Canada in response to public awareness of the legal cases and the North American regulatory warnings. Marcio A. Averbeck, MD, MSc, PhDMoinhos de Vento HospitalPorto Alegre, BrazilAccording to a cross-sectional study, which used a 37-item internet-based survey applied to members of urologic and gynecologic associations from 18 countries in Latin America, most participants (75.2%) indicated that the use of mesh has declined after FDA warnings, and 41.9% considered this has had a negative effect in the use of midurethral synthetic slings (MUS)