Millions of women will always welcome any new developments in the cure of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). But in view of the recent controversy surrounding the vaginal mesh device which has produced misery to a vast number of women due to its adverse side effects, people will be wary of any new innovations. This device is among the many products approved under the controversial 510(k) process which has placed the FDA in the limelight recently for taking no action on this process even after an unfavorable IOM review.

            Hearing about a successful new treatment of SUI is truly heartening especially since this method does not involve surgical procedures and unlike the vaginal mesh device, was tested using clinical studies. This method has been described by Dr. Kenneth Peters, the urologist who conducted the study, as the body healing “thyself.”

            The concept of cellular therapy was the basis of this study which was pioneered by Dr. Chancellor when he experimented on whether the muscle of the human body may be regenerated. Having a component of a cell isolated, regenerated, and later incorporated into the tissue to repair things that have been injured was the premise of this method.

            The procedure starts with a small biopsy and taking a small piece of muscle from the subjects. Early cells are found in these muscles which are capable of being replicated and integrated. These samples are then taken to a lab where it undergoes processing by isolating the cells and later expanding them to provide different doses.

            Within a period of six to eight weeks, these cells would number in the millions and would then be returned to the clinic. The area within the sphincter, which is the muscle that controls continence and may have weakened which resulted to the SUI condition would then be injected, would then be injected with these cells.

            A very remarkable reduction of at least 50 percent in their incontinence was reported by majority of the patients after evaluation of the results. It was reported that twenty to fifty percent of the subjects who had taken higher doses became completely dry. A patient claimed before a media outlet in Seattle that she was 80 percent cured of SUI after participating in the study.

            Aside from being effective, it is significant to note that this procedure is very safe having shown no adverse effects. Another benefit of this method is allowing patients to be relaxed and comfortable since the procedure is done in an office setting. It is truly encouraging to have positive results obtained from reliable tests and this may be the best news for the thousands of women suffering from incontinence.

Reference:

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