Ultrasonographic Assessment with Three-Dimensional Mode of the Urethral Compression Effect following Sling Surgery with and without Mesh Surgery

Figure 2

Ultrasound image (axial plane) of the midurethral hypoechoic core in a woman with tension-free vaginal transobturator tape, showing the measurements made for this study: the angle between the two arms of the sling (θ), the shortest (a) and longest (b) diameters of the urethral hypoechoic core and the distance between tape and urethra (TU). P, pubis symphysis [12].