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3rd Edition of Global Conference on Gynecology & Women's Health

October 27-29, 2025 | Orlando, Florida, USA

Gynec 2024

Management of stress urinary incontinence in women with minimally invasive threads methods

Speaker at Gynecology Conferences - Marlen Sulamanidze
Plastic Surgeon, Georgia
Title : Management of stress urinary incontinence in women with minimally invasive threads methods

Abstract:

Introduction: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a common condition affecting millions of individuals worldwide, particularly women. It occurs due to weakened pelvic floor muscles and tissues, leading to the involuntary loss of urine during activities that increase abdominal pressure or during physical activities such as coughing, sneezing, or exercising.  Despite its prevalence and impact on quality of life, there is ongoing debate regarding the optimal management strategies for SUI. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of using thread lifting methods for SUI, by analyzing their effects on quality of life, and patient satisfaction.

Methods and Materials: Patients diagnosed with SUI underwent a thread lifting procedure using both barbed and smooth threads composed of Polylactic acid with Caprolactone. The unique characteristics of these threads allow for safe placement without complications such as rupture, thanks to the blunt and round tip cannula. The threads were positioned just below the urethra using a fan technique to create a sturdy support structure and promote connective tissue formation.

Results: Treatment of urinary incontinence with threads revealed significant improvements in urinary symptoms and quality of life. Thread lifting methods demonstrated promising results in symptom reduction and functional improvement. Such interventions showed us higher rates of subjective cure and patient satisfaction.

Conclusion: Thread lifting methods for SUI is one of the demandable treatment, due to minimal downtime and high effectiveness that is alternation of surgical approaches gives the patient comfort, self confidence. After thread lifting procedures raise quality of sexual life but also quality of life in both of gender.

Biography:

Marlen Sulamanidze was born in Georgia in 1947. He graduated from the Medical Institute in Irkutsk in 1972. From 1974 to 1984, he specialized in maxillofacial surgery. Following further specialization, his primary focus became plastic and aesthetic surgery, initially working in clinics in Georgia and, since 1993, in Moscow. During this period, he performed over 20,000 surgical operations, including more than 5,000 rhinoplasties and 7,000 procedures using the Aptos method.

He is a member of IPRAS, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), the Georgian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (GeoPRAS), and the Russian and Georgian Societies of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons. Since 2001, he has been an honorary member of the National Society of Aesthetic Surgery of France, a member of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery since 2005, and the honorary president of the Japanese Society of Liposuction since 2007.

He has published over 70 scientific papers, 20 of which have been featured in leading international journals.

Dr. Sulamanidze holds 16 patents in plastic surgery, including four international patents for innovations such as Aptos threads, the Wire Scalpel, a corrective bra method for mammoplasty, and the dermotension technique. Additionally, he has developed numerous original surgical procedures within his field.

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