It was the promise of a quick fix that appealed to Amber Suriani.
She had just turned 40 and was very fit, but whenever she went running or practiced karate — she was working on a black belt — she leaked a bit of urine.
The diagnosis was stress urinary incontinence, and her surgeon recommended a simple procedure to plug the leak by inserting a hammock made of a strip of synthetic meshlike material, called a vaginal sling, under her urethra.
