Scientists have found that only surgery is a reliable method of treating urinary incontinence, curing the disease occurs in eight cases out of ten. Other treatments are not as successful.

A comprehensive systematic review of the world over the past ten years has shown that alternative treatments for urinary incontinence have not been successful..

Jan Milsom, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and head of the Research Center in Gothenburg, said that he and a group of fellow researchers have jointly reviewed thousands of scientific articles and other scientific documents written about various treatments for urinary and fecal incontinence in adults around the world, published. For the results to be considered successful, the patient had to recover from incontinence three months after treatment.

Surgery is significantly ahead of other methods, providing 82 percent of success.

Pelvic floor exercises come in second with 53 percent, followed by medication with 49 percent success. The method of injecting fillers into damaged tissue around the urethra to maintain a dense area is only successful in 37 percent of cases. Medications are used primarily to treat urinary incontinence and soothe overactive bladders. Jan Milsom thinks these drugs don't even help half of all patients. In contrast, contrast surgery has become simpler and more effective and gives good results even in the long term..

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