Clinical studies report that patients have demonstrated improvement in urinary incontinence with the SPARCTMSling System.¹·²·³
One study showed an objective cure rate of 80 percent or a subjective cure rate of 74 percent.³ Another study showed greater than 90 percent of patients cured at two to three years post procedure.¹
1. Deval B, Levardon M, Samain E, Rafii A, Cortesse A, Amarenco G, Ciofu C,Haab F. A French multicenter clinical trial of SPARC for stress urinary incontinence. Eur Urol. 2003 Aug;44(2):254-8; discussion 258-9.
2. Monga A, Duval B, Espuna M, Haab F, Quaas L. The SPARC procedure for urodynamic stress incontinence: a multicentre prospective study with 1 year follow up. International continence society 33rd annual meeting. Oct 5-9, 2003. Florence, Italy. Abstract 405.
3. Primus G. SPARC-sling system for the treatment of female urodynamic stress incontinence at unicenter prospective study with 2 years follow-up. SIU Oct 3-7, 2004. Hawaii.
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