Periurethral Teflon Injection: a Simple Treatment for Urinary Incontinence

✍ Scribed by K. B. LIM; A. J. BALL; R. C. L. FENELEY

• Book ID: 115193125
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 204 KB
• Volume: 55
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1464-4096
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1983.tb06558.x

✦ Synopsis

Summary— The follow‐up of 28 patients with urinary incontinence treated with periurethral Teflon injection revealed significant improvement in 53.6% and complete cure in 21.4%. Patients most likely to benefit were those with weak sphincters and stable detrusors.

The method is quick and safe and requires only a brief hospital stay. It is suitable for patients in whom conventional operative techniques have failed or in whom surgery is best avoided on medical grounds.