Many women find ways to cope with incontinence and prolapse on their own. However, when those strategies fail or result in a significant reduction in quality of life, the UCSD Women's Pelvic Medicine Center is here to provide a full range of options and, just as important, help alleviate feelings of isolation and frustration.
UCSD offers patients comprehensive medical, educational and surgical services in a comfortable, community setting. Depending on the type of incontinence, some of the treatments offered at the UCSD Women's Pelvic Medicine Center include:
- Behavioral therapy - Three types of behavioral methods are used to treat urinary incontinence: bladder training (for urge incontinence), timed voiding, and prompted voiding. Read more about behavioral therapy methods for urinary incontinence.
- Medication therapy - while medication alone rarely cures incontinence, there are anticholinergic medications and certain antidepressants that, when prescribed in combination with exercise and/or behavioral therapy, may provide relief.
- Pelvic Floor Exercises - Also known as Kegal exercise, pelvic floor exercises have been shown to help 50% to 75% of women to decrease the occurrence of stress incontinence. Read more about pelvic floor exercises.
- Neuromodulation
- Botox bladder injections
- Outpatient surgeries - urethral bulking injections or minimally invasive slings
- Complete pelvic reconstruction - performed by surgeons with advanced fellowship training in female incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.
- da Vinci robotic pelvic floor surgery
With appropriate evaluation and treatment, no woman has to suffer from pelvic floor disorders, including urinary incontinence. Expert help is available.
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