Bulkamid for Stress Urinary Incontinence
May 18, 2021
There is a new Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for stress urinary incontinence.
The office-based procedure is used to quickly and effectively treat urinary stress incontinence in women, which results in leakage with activity such as coughing, sneezing and exercise.
According to Dr. R. Mark Ellerkmann, Director of The Urogynecology Center in the Institute for Gynecologic Care at Mercy, a procedure using “Bulkamid" can stop all of that.
"Bulkamid is a biodegradable gel that is injected as an out-patient procedure right in the office under local anesthesia to close the bladder neck so women don't leak with activity," Dr. Ellerkmann said.
Dr. Ellerkmann explained that some patients experience 80% or 90% improvement, and then they come back for a topping off procedure where a little more gel is injected at the bladder neck. It is done under local anesthesia and typically it takes about five to 10 minutes.
To view Mercy urogynecologist Dr. R. Mark Ellerkmann’s interview regarding Bulkamid for stress urinary incontinence, click here.
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