2011, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp 320 – 323

Minimally invasive treatment for female stress urinary incontinence – Romanian highlights

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Correspondence to:Surcel Cristian, MD PhD "Fundeni” Clinic of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Bucharest, Romania Phone: +40 744 963 035, E-mail: drsurcel@gmail.com

Abstract

Rationale: Stress urinary incontinence is still a “battlefield” for many minimally invasive therapies, but, unfortunately, few can restore the anatomical and functional background of this disorder.

Objective: Assessing the latest minimally invasive procedures of intra and perisphincterian injection of autologous stem cells.

Method and Result: The first stem cell implantation (myoblasts and /or mature fibroblasts grown and multiplied in the laboratory from biopsy samples taken from the pectoralis muscle) in the urethral sphincter was performed on October 18, 2010, in “Fundeni” Clinic of Urology and Renal Transplantation, in Romania.

Discussion: The follow-up at six weeks with the quality of life questionnaires, micturition diary and clinical examination revealed a decrease of urine loss from six pads/ day at one per day, which significantly improved the patient’s quality of life according to visual analogue scale. Clinical and urodynamic evaluations will continue and will be future scientific topics.

Abbreviations: SUI = stress urinary incontinence; TVT = tension free vaginal tape; TVT-O = tension free vaginal tape obturator; QoL = quality of life

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PMC ID: 3227126
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Article Publishing Date (print): 14-11-2011
Available Online: 24-11-2011

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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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