Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Treatment Options

Many in Phoenix with stress urinary incontinence meet with their Phoenix area doctor or Obgyn when the use of other methods to correct their stress urinary incontinence fails. A select few Phoenix OBGYN doctors offer some different surgical options to correct and treat SUI. Most stress urinary incontinence doctors will recommend or suggest surgery in order to alleviate SUI often after other treatments have failed to correct the problem. Many of the surgical procedures for incontinence are options that have a good success rate. The following are some different types of SUI treatments for the most common form of incontinence, as well as vaginal surgeries that are often used to correct their stress urinary incontinence.

Bladder Repositioning – Many of the SUI cases in Phoenix women result from the bladder dropping down toward the vagina. Bladder repositioning involves your Phoenix obgyn or incontinence doctor moving the bladder up to a more normal position to treat the condition

Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz - This procedure is also known as retropubic suspension or bladder neck suspension surgery. An incision is made in the wall of the abdomen, the bladder is exposed, and then it is separated from the surrounding tissue. Stitches are placed near the neck of the bladder and the urethra (which has been catheterized), the urethra is then lifted and stitched to the pubic bone.

Slings – Mesh sling procedures are often the surgery of choice for many Phoenix obgyn doctors for patients with stress urinary incontinence for the correction of SUI in women. A synthetic mesh material that is shaped like a strip of ribbon is placed under the urethra through small incisions. This is done to create a hammock to support the urethra.

Tension-free Transvaginal (TVT) Sling - This procedure is used by Phoenix obgyn doctors to treat stress urinary incontinence, by positioning mesh tape underneath the urethra in order to raise it. Statistics show that this procedure has a high success rate.

 


Transobturator Tape (TOT) Sling - This is another procedure that relieves SUI in women by elevating and supporting the urethra. The mesh tape that is used passes through three small incisions in the groin and is generally very successful.

Mini-Sling - One of the more recent procedures for alleviating stress incontinence, this surgery was introduced in Phoenix just a few years ago, This is a tension free mesh tape tat requires only one incision for the procedure.

Adjustable Sling - The mesh sling is combined with sutures and then attached to a tensioning device placed under the skin in the abdominal wall as a permanent implant.

In addition to the above urinary stress incontinence surgeries, there are several other treatments that are referred to as “bladder augmentation”, whereby an artificial urinary sphincter can be surgically implanted or the SUI condition can be relieved using catheterization. The urinary sphincter procedure involves the implanting a doughnut-shaped sac which encircles the urethra.

Catheterization for incontinence involves the insertion of a drain tube into the urethra and urine is allowed to drain freely through a tube connected to the catheter on one end and a bag at the other end that is attached to the person’s leg.