GLASGOW—Periurethral injections of polyacrylamid hydrogel (PAHG), a new bulking agent, are a safe and effective option as a salvage therapy for women with severe stress urinary incontinence (SUI) ...

Injection of a bulking agent into the anal canal improves symptoms of faecal incontinence more than does a sham (placebo) treatment. The authors say this is the first time such a randomised trial ...

March 17, 2011 — Perianal injection of the bulking agent dextranomer in stabilized hyaluronic acid is safe and may provide "satisfactory" improvement in fecal incontinence, according to results of a ...

Injection of bulking agents into the urethral sphincter is the standard minimally invasive procedure used to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Mayer et al. examined the safety and effectiveness ...

Injecting a bulking agent into the anal canal improves symptoms of faecal incontinence when compared to a sham placebo, according to the first controlled trial to show that this treatment is effective ...

Before 1970, attempts had been made at injecting materials into the urethral wall to relieve incontinence, generally with poor results. Then, in the early 1970s, Solomon Berg reported on the use of ...

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is a common condition that can have a significant impact on the quality of life of an individual. It is caused by failure of the sphincter mechanism at the ...