Susan Morris is going to have a surgical procedure to improve urinary control. The physician has told her that the procedure is called a periurethral bulking. Ms. Morris has forgotten what the physician has told her about what type of procedure this is. What would you tell her?
a) It is the placement of small amounts of collagen in urethral walls to aid the closing pressure.
b) It is the implantation of an artificial sphincter that can be inflated to prevent urine loss and deflated to allow urination.
c) It is a procedure that increases support to the bladder by tightening the vaginal wall under the urethra.
d) It is a procedure that increases storage capacity of the bladder.
Answer: a) It is the placement of small amounts of collagen in urethral walls to aid the closing pressure.
Periurethral bulking is the placement of small amounts of collagen in urethral walls to aid the closing pressure. Bladder augmentation is a procedure that increases storage capacity of the bladder. Implantation of an artificial sphincter that can be inflated to prevent urine loss and deflated to allow urination is one type of surgery done to improve urinary control. Anterior repair is a procedure that increases support to the bladder by tightening the vaginal wall under the urethra.
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