| ā | Modifications | Year introduced | References |
| Urinary continence | Sling construction | 1997 | Jorion [18] | Bladder neck preservation | 2002 |
Deliveliotis et al. [16], Selli et al. [15], and von Bodman et al. [85] | Intraoperative cooling | 2009 | Finley et al. [29] | Pubovesical complex sparing | 2011 | Asimakopoulos et al. [28] |
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UVA | Posterior reconstruction | 2008 | Rocco et al. [19, 86], Coelho et al. [87] | Anterior reconstruction | 2009 | Campenni et al. [20], Patel et al. [21] | Double layer anastomosis | 2009 |
Menon et al. [22], Sammon et al. [23], and Joshi et al. [25], Sutherland et al. [24], Sammon et al. [23], and Hurtes et al. [88] | Barbed suture | 2011 | Sammon et al. [26], and Kaushik et al. [27] |
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NVB sparing | NVB sparing | 1991 | Quinlan et al. [36], Catalona et al. [39], Dubbelman et al. [38], Rabbani et al. [37], and Walsh et al. [40] | Veil of Aphrodite | 2002 | Menon et al. [41, 45] | Athermal dissection | 2007 | Tewari et al. [52], Mandhani et al. [56], and Khan et al. [57], Ahlering et al. [58], Chien et al. [59], and Gill et al. [60] | Tension-free | 2007 |
Kowalczyk et al. [53], Mattei et al. [55] |
| Bladder drainage | SP drainage | 2009 |
Krane et al. [31], Sammon et al. [32], and Tewari et al. [33] |
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