American Medical Systems Announces FDA Clearance For MiniArc(R) Precise Single Incision Sling

American Medical Systems® (AMS) (Nasdaq: AMMD), a leading provider of world-class devices and therapies for both male and female pelvic health, announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the MiniArc® Precise Single-Incision Sling System, a product for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI)…

What Is Stress Incontinence? What Causes Stress Incontinence?

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI), also known as effort incontinence, is the unintentional loss of urine. It is due essentially to insufficient strength of the pelvic floor muscles and is provoked by a physical movement or activity (such as coughing, sneezing or exercising) that puts pressure (stress) on the bladder…

Two Sling Surgeries Equally Effective For Bladder Control In Women

Two common operations for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) help women achieve similar levels of dryness, according to a team of urologists and urogynecologists who compared the treatments in a large U.S. trial supported by the National Institutes of Health…

Minimally Invasive Operations As Effective As Open Surgery For Stress Urinary Incontinence

New, less invasive surgical treatments for stress urinary incontinence in women are just as effective as traditional open surgical approaches, according to Cochrane Researchers. The researchers carried out a systematic review of trials comparing different surgical approaches to treating the condition. A third of women suffer from stress urinary incontinence.

Stress Urinary Incontinence May Be Treated By Autologous Muscle-Derived Cells

Researchers have confirmed that transplanting autologous muscle-derived cells (AMDC) into the bladder is safe at a wide range of doses and significantly improves symptoms and quality of life in patients with stress urinary incontinence. The study was presented at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) and showed that the injection of muscle-derived cells was well tolerated and significantly improved symptoms.