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* In a multi-center, prospective analysis of 90 women † % of patients cured out of evaluable patients at 17 years.
† In a 5-year analysis of 9,754 women treated with various brands of obturator slings.
‡ Obturator membrane, obturator internus, and obturator externus.
§ Pain was assessed using a visual analog scale (VAS) graded from 0 to 10; 0 corresponds to absence of pain; 10 corresponds to the worst pain.