Surgery for stress urinary incontinence can worsen incontinence
Women who undergo surgery for stress urinary incontinence should be aware that they can take part in what may be nothing more than a large-scale clinical trial. Countless women's lives have been devastated by unnecessary surgery and inefficient for stress urinary incontinence.
During surgery both TVT (tension-free vaginal tape), and the latest TOT (transobturator tape) tape is drawn under the urethra. The theory is that the tape support the urethra so that under "stress" of sneezing, coughing, etc, it will eliminate the leakage of urine that women suffering from urinary stress incontinence is familiar. These procedures are most definitely not risk free and leave some women who suffer more after surgery than before.
"In surgery continence most benefit the restoration of continence is often at the expense of developing new symptoms or exacerbate existing symptoms of the urinary tract. "This is a study by the Department of Urology, the Midwestern Regional Hospital, Limerick, Ireland, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Regional Maternity Hospital, Limerick, Ireland, and documented in the Institute National Health Sciences Bulletin June 2004.
The first TVT was carried out in Sweden in 1995. The CDC was introduced from France in 2001. The long- Within these surgeries can be catastrophic for women. Follow-up studies are generally carried out in three years of operation. Three years is not enough to qualify as a long-term useful lives of women today.
Health services around the world are investing billions in solutions for stress urinary incontinence can worsen the problem or create new problems. A recent report from the hospital states that 57% of women with for urodynamic assessment in the year they had some type of pelvic surgery.
Stress incontinence occurs due to weakness in the pelvic floor muscles. "There is a better way than surgery to correct most cases of weakness pubococcygeal" Dr. Arnold Kegel, TIME Magazine, December 3, 1956.
The best way Dr. Kegel, an American gynecologist and Associate Professor of Gynecology at the University of Southern California meant more than 50 years is to properly exercise the pelvic floor muscles against resistance. He was alarmed by the amount of surgery Pelvic being carried out in 1940. Resistance exercise was a method developed which reduced the amount of unnecessary pelvic surgery, and often significantly improved the sexual life of women who practice a welcome side effect for once! Resistance exercise was much more effective than surgery in eliminating stress urinary incontinence in women in 1950, routine surgery for stress urinary incontinence was not carried out Dr. Kegel hospital. The success rate of 93% that Dr. Kegel achieved with resistance exercise in relieving stress urinary incontinence far exceeds the success rate achieved with 'minimally invasive' today's surgeries.
"Based on these favorable results, urinary incontinence stress in women is no longer routinely treated by surgical intervention … LA County General Hospital. "Dr. Kegel (Obstetrics progress in 1950, p768).
Resistance exercise should not be confused with the meaningless statement that tighten the pelvic floor muscles against anything. This can not be prevented or relieve stress urinary incontinence in the same way as the work of the pelvic floor muscles against resistance as possible. Just look in any gym any toning muscle is always against any resistance. Pelvic floor exercises are not intended to make the way in which today's story. They were always intended to carry out against the resistance. One could argue that anyone who instructs women to squeeze into anything you can contribute to the problem, concluded that women who pelvic floor exercises do not work for them and opt for surgery as a result.
Repair work "can not be better than a woman strengthening his body to the extent that a repair 'is not needed. Repair work "to relieve stress urinary incontinence can cause more long-term problems than it solves. Both the TVT and TOT are the creation of scar tissue to fix the mesh in place. Often it is only a matter of time prior to repair becomes ineffective as the weakness in the pelvic structure increases, and incontinence with time reappear. You may come a successive time after surgery that may have carried out further surgery. Then the woman can be left permanently incontinent. Dr. Kegel found that scar tissue from previous surgery contributed to the failure rate of the few women who had no success with resistance exercise.
More doctors today are realizing that resistance exercise, not surgery, is the answer to the problem of stress urinary incontinence. As endurance exercise becomes more widely practiced can expect to see a significant reduction in the number of women suffering from urinary stress incontinence and the aftermath of surgery could have been easily able to avoid.
A basic understanding of the value of resistance exercise would allow a woman to make a more informed of choice about consent to surgery that can not be in your best interest long term.
© 2007 Abigail O'Donovan
About the Author
Abigail O’Donovan is a mum of two and the founder of Kegelmaster Europe. She completely alleviated urinary stress incontinence suffered for 17 years within just 3 weeks with resistance exercise. She has seen other women cancel their appointment with the surgeon and is committed to raising awareness of this option for women. Discover how you can stop urinary stress incontinence without surgery at http://www.kegelmaster.co.uk
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