Regain Bladder Control in 15 Minutes
Outpatient, minimally invasive procedure cures Stress Urinary Incontinence. Over 80% satisfied with long-term results.
(PRWEB) October 26, 2004 -- Picture yourself dining in a nice restaurant. You
spill a spoonful of your beverage in your lap… Are you embarrassed to parade
through the facility in search of a restroom? That’s the humiliation incontinent
women must repetitively endure.
Despite recent surgical advances, over 14
million women with Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) continue to suffer in
silence in the United States. When a woman looses urine immediately after
coughing, sneezing, or exercising she is experiencing stress incontinence.
She’ll start wearing protective pads to protect soiling her clothes. She’ll
avoid drinking healthy amounts of fluids. She’ll map out restrooms in public
buildings. A woman will gradually avoid activities and social situations as the
affliction worsens. All this continues as the embarrassed woman avoids speaking
about this taboo, even to her doctor.
“You know incontinence is a common,
growing problem when you look at the diaper aisle in the grocery store and one
side is for babies and the other adults,” observes Dr. Scott Kramer, director of
the Women’s Incontinence Center in Fremont, CA. Ironically medical advances can
now help most incontinent women come out of the closet. Conservative measures
like Kegel exercises are a start and help milder cases of SUI.
“What’s
truly exciting is how surgery has evolved over the past decade to a simple 15
minute, outpatient procedure known as a TVT Sling.” Dr. Kramer continues, “Most
of our patients return to their regular activities in just a few days.” It’s
ideal for busy professional women & mothers, as well as the elderly. This
contrasts with a typical 4 day hospitalization and 8 week recovery endured with
a traditional, large incision abdominal bladder suspension.
Clinical
studies following patients up to 7 years demonstrate greater than 80% long term
satisfaction with slings. A recent modification called the trans obturator
approach provides an even safer, less painful outpatient treatment that in most
cases can be performed under local anesthesia.
Unfortunately many doctors
are too busy or just not interested in incontinence. “While a woman won’t die of
incontinence, she may die of embarrassment,” reflects Dr. Kramer. He emphasizes
women need to get the message that urinary leakage is never a normal part of
aging that they must regretfully accept. They should feel empowered with
information to bring this to the attention of their doctors until they get
answers that satisfy them.
Dr. Kramer concludes, “The highlight of my day
is when a woman returns after regaining bladder control and comments, “I regret
not fixing this years ago!”
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