Women's Health Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 30-32, November 2005

Intravaginal and intraurethral devices

  • Kate Anders

      Affiliations

    • Kate Anders is the former Senior Nurse Specialist in the Urogynaecology Department at King’s College Hospital, London, UK. Her interests include urodynamics and non-medical treatments for urinary incontinence. She participated in the 42nd RCOG study group on incontinence and her lectured and published work includes conservative and non-medical treatment for incontinence, products and devices for incontinence, urodynamics and ambulatory dynamics.
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  • John Bidmead

      Affiliations

    • John Bidmead is a Consultant Gynaecologist in the Department of Urology at King’s College Hospital, London, UK. He underwent subspecialty training in all aspects of urogynaecology and current interests include minimally invasive surgery in both urogynaecology and general gynaecology.

Abstract 

Pelvic-floor physiotherapy remains the mainstay of conservative treatment for women with urinary stress incontinence. Various intravaginal and intraurethral devices have been developed for women who continue to suffer from troublesome stress incontinence despite pelvic-floor rehabilitation. The advent of new, highly effective, minimally invasive surgical treatments for stress incontinence and the new pharmaceutical agent, duloxetine, has reduced the demand for non-surgical treatments. Some women, who wish to avoid surgery, or for whom stress incontinence is only troublesome during predictable periods of exercise, may still wish to use such devices. Whilst reduced demand has led to problems in supply of these devices, they are obtainable and offer a useful choice for women with stress urinary incontinence.

Keywords:  urinary incontinence , conservative treatment , intra-urethral devices , intra-vaginal devices , stress

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PII: S1744-1870(06)00103-X

doi:10.1383/wohm.2005.2.6.30

Women's Health Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 30-32, November 2005

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