Although urinary incontinence affects one in three women, it is still a taboo topic.
Today, effective conservative and surgical treatment options are available. When conservative therapies fail, minimally invasive surgical methods can be offered. The tension-free vaginal tape TVT is gold standard in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. In case of immobile urethra or in multi-morbid patients, the minimally invasive technique of periurethral injection of bulking agents may be useful. In patients with refractory overactive bladder, the intravesical injection of botulinum neurotoxin is available.
Written by:
Scheiner D, Perucchini D, Fink D, Betschart C. Are you the author?
Klinik für Gynäkologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zürich.
Reference: Praxis (Bern 1994). 2012 Apr 25;101(9):585-92.
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22535454
Article in German.
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