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THE Royal Hospital Bahrain (RBH) is holding a one-stop clinic every Saturday to assess people suffering from incontinence.
Specialist urologist Dr Ravisankar G Pillai, pictured below, says treatment depends on the type and cause of the problem.
"If your urinary incontinence is caused by a medical problem, the incontinence will go away when the problem is treated," he said. "Medicine, exercises and bladder training help some types of incontinence through strengthening the pelvic muscles. For others surgery is the option."
The hospital, a 65-bed, multi-specialty hospital facility in Salmaniya, is currently providing a same-day surgical treatment called 'Trans Obturator Tape'. It is a new minimally-invasive operation performed to correct stress urinary incontinence when urine leaks because of sudden pressure on the lower stomach muscles, such as when someone coughs, laughs, lifts something or exercises.
Stress incontinence usually occurs when the pelvic muscles are weakened, for example by childbirth or surgery. Stress incontinence is common in women.
The treatment utilises the concept of providing support for the urethra which has been shown to cure SUI in 90 per cent of cases. The procedure is mainly performed under a short general anaesthetic, local or spinal anaesthesia and takes about 15 minutes. The sling will be tunnelled inside the body. The incisions are then either closed with dissolvable sutures or surgical glue.
"The result is immediate and you will be continent soon after the surgery. You have to stay in hospital only for few hours," added Dr Ravisankar.
For further details call 17246835, email ravisankar_g@yahoo.com or visit www.https://urologyrbh.blogspot.com
