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Delaware Urologic Associate's, Dr. Peter J. Muench, Presents Advances in Incontinence Treatment with a New Perspective and Outlook

Date:5/29/2009

With all of the new treatments available for incontinence nowadays, an effective and easy solution is within reach for men and women struggling with incontinence. The main roadblock to that solution might just be the patient himself, by minimizing the severity of his condition. Dr. Peter Muench of Delaware Urologic Associates in Newark, Delaware, knows this all too well and advises patients that full disclosure is the best policy in helping them with their condition. Hopefully, with enough publicity about these advances in the treatment of both male and female incontinence, more patients will speak up and get their condition cured.

Newark, Delaware (PRWEB) May 29, 2009 -- In the past, a big fear for males undergoing either radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer or trimming for a blocking prostate (BPH) was urinary incontinence. Incontinence after radical prostatectomy will generally occur in about 2% of cases. Leakage after an over-aggressive trimming of a prostate for blockage occurs less often, but it's not unheard of.

Of course, the cases of male incontinence can vary by degrees depending on their perspective. After radical prostatectomy, men are often more willing to cope with their leakage than to undergo yet another procedure. A successful treatment is the American Medical Systems 800TM Urinary Control System, also known as an artificial urinary sphincter (AUS). It is the only artificial urinary sphincter currently on the market. For over 30 years, physicians worldwide have surgically implanted the device in more than 94,000 men as a treatment for stress [urinary incontinence due to prostatectomy.

However, many patients who leak mildly or moderately, using 1-4 pads per day, feel that an AUS is too invasive, because of the degree of their
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