Stress incontinence
Surgical treatments for women
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You've tried the conservative approaches to manage your urinary incontinence — everything from faithfully doing pelvic floor muscle exercises to scheduling regular toilet trips. But despite your best efforts, you still experience urinary leakage every time you cough, sneeze, laugh or lift something heavy. In fact, your stress incontinence has gotten so bad that you alter your activities out of fear of leakage.
If conservative measures fail to address the problem of stress incontinence, it may be time to consider surgical treatment options. Compared with other therapies, surgery comes with possible complications. But it may be a treatment worth considering when stress incontinence begins to interfere with your quality of life.
On the plus side, most surgeries for stress incontinence are minimally invasive and have good results. Proper surgical treatment can significantly improve the problem and can provide a long-term solution.
