Effective Urinary Control

(Overactive bladder)

If your frustrated with your bladder control problem......

You're not alone!

Interstim has treated over 50,000 patients nation wide since 1994!

If conservative treatments have been unsuccessul for you, this reversible, in-office procedure may be the right choice!

Interstim Therapy is FDA approved to treat urinary retention and the symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB), including urinary urge incontinence and significant symptoms of urgency-frequency in patients who have failed or coud not tolerate more conservative therapies, such as medications.

"InterStim Therapy patients demonstrated significantly improved quality of life as self-reported on measures that included physical health status, physical functioning, physical and emotional role, pain, and mental health." (Journal of Urology, 2001)

Talk to our doctors to see if InterStim is right for you!

InterStim may help treat the following Bladder Control Problems:

Overactive Bladder

Urge Incontinence

Symptoms:

Lose urine as soon as you need to go to the bathroom
Leak urine when you drink even a small amount of liquid or when you hear or touch running water
Have frequent leaking episodes

Urge Frequency

Symptoms:

Have frequent, uncontrollable urges to urinate
Go to the bathroom more than seven times a day
Feel that your bladder is never completely empty

Urinary Retention

Occurs when you cannot fully empty bladder

Symptoms:

Need catheter to pass urine
Produce only weak, dribbling stream of urine
Not have a sensation when your bladder is full
Store increasingly large volumes of urine

Copyright 2008, Dr. Robert Gordon
Albuquerque Women's Health
1010 Lead SE, Suite 4 • Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone: 505-842-5902 • Fax: 505-242-6313