For years, treatments have been limited to Kegel’s exercises, which must be done consistently to maintain affect, and TVT-Secur sling surgery that although outpatient must be done in the hospital adding additional cost and downtime.

Renessa, a single in-office procedure takes 20-30 minutes under local anesthesia, now provides an option not previously available. This procedure fills a void for the 90% of women not willing to undergo surgery, cannot keep up with Kegel’s exercises or have symptoms that are not bad enough to require surgery.

The women I see this to be most helpful for are still interested in future children, non-surgical candidates with health issues, patients who cannot afford in-patient surgery or just do not want surgery.

So how affective are your options? The gold standard, a mid-urethral sling has an 85% cure rate while Renessa offers a 60% cure rate, 76% reduction in incontinence episodes and 70% demonstrated a greater than 50% reduction in leaked volume on pad stress tests.

How safe is Renessa? Five multi-center trials and three plus years of published clinical data confirm long-term efficacy with no serious side effects.

Please feel free to come in to discuss your options.