Minimally Invasive Surgery for Urinary Incontinence
17,Mar 2023
Keywords :
Minimally
Invasive
Incontinence
Surgery
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The most commonly used andeffective treatments for urinary incontinence, both male and female, imply asmall procedure. These are more effective and definitive than non-invasivetechniques. For each specific patient, the pros (greater effectiveness) and cons(need for a minimally invasive technique) of each type of treatment have to beconsidered. These procedures use anaesthetic, but patients are usuallydischarged from hospital on the same or next day
Surgical procedures and the way they are performed depend on the technique chosen. Some are performed endoscopically, such a bulking injections, while others involve making a small incision in the skin
The most common treatments arethe following
- Bulking injections
- Insertion of inflatable ornon-inflatable suburethral slings (such as ATOMS)
- Artificial urinary sphincter
- Some surgeries, such as theinsertion of an artificial sphincter, may be recommended for some patients,e.g., when changes to cognitive or motor capacity exist
- Bulking Injections
- This procedure is performedendoscopically under sedation or spinal or general anaesthetic. It consists ofinjecting a product to reduce the calibre of the urethra. Different productsmay be used. These agents are injected around the urethra or into the urethralwall to coapt/close the urethra as a complement to the action of the sphincter