Incontinence and bladder issues affect men and women of all ages. That’s why MUSC has started a multi-disciplinary program to offer patients comprehensive care. This video is brought to you by the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.
Visit http://www.muschealth.com/urology to learn more about MUSC’s Department of Urology.
Duration : 0:1:31
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May 2007
Cancer patients are traveling to China hoping that controversial gene therapy Gendicine may prove a miracle cure. But western scientists are very reluctant to back the therapy which remains available only in China.
Philomina Moniz was given six months to live by Australian doctors. Her bladder cancer had spread into her abdomen, and there seemed no chance of controlling further spread. She heard of the Gendicine treatment in an article on the internet, and traveled to China where she was given an 80% chance of survival. Professor John Rasko admits that, “In cancer medicine it’s always important to allow for hope”, but he worries that there is still “no compelling evidence” that Gendicine is the miracle cure it is billed as. The treatment does not come cheap with a full course costing as much as 0,000, and while for some the price of life can never be too high, Rasko worries that not only are people wasting their time, they are also subjecting themselves to “considerable extra suffering” and “unexpected side-effects”. Philomena’s cancer ultimately proved not to respond to the Gendicine therapy. But she does not regret her trip, “at least I’ve tried everything in the book” she says. For her, like the hundreds of other patients in the clinic, “seeing people walk out of the clinic cancer free” provided the hope needed to go on fighting this deadly disease.
Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
Duration : 0:7:4
Bladder health issues? UTIs are considered the second most common infection in the body. Dr. Elizabeth Kavaler, Board Certified Urologist addresses important facts about urinary tract infection (UTI) symptoms and treatment
Duration : 0:1:27
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Dr. Marian Verbruggen explains Go Less, a product designed to help control the bladder.
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Duration : 0:1:45
Pelvic Floor Exercises and The Bits Below the Belt DVD
Surgery to treat men with prostate cancer is often followed by months of difficulty controlling urine flow, a condition known as urinary incontinence. But new research suggests that this problem may go away more quickly if the men perform certain exercises to strengthen their pelvic floor muscles.
Researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, found that men who were taught how to perform pelvic floor exercises before and after surgery were more likely to have regained continence three months later.
Men Doing Pelvic Exercises Recover Earlier
In the current study, the researchers randomly igned 38 men scheduled for radical prostatectomy to either a treatment group or a control group. The men in the treatment group were referred to a physical therapist. They were instructed how to do Pelvic Floor Exercises both before and after surgery, using biofeedback to ensure they were using the proper muscles. The control group did not receive any formal instruction. All of the men completed questionnaires regarding bladder function at regular intervals over the next year.
Overall, 82% of the patients had regained continence (defined as not needing to use any absorbent pads) by the end of the year, including about equal numbers in both groups. But on average the men who had been educated about Pelvic exercises regained continence about one month earlier than those in the control group (at 12 weeks vs. 16 weeks).
Most of the men who did not regain continence within a year were still using at least three absorbent pads a day, indicating continued severe incontinence. The study authors explained that these men probably had extensive damage to the bladder sphincter or severe dysfunction of the bladder after surgery, and the exercises alone were unable to compensate for this.
But the exercises seemed to be effective. Pelvic floor exercise and education initiated prior to surgery is an effective noninvasive intervention useful for improving early return of urinary continence, the authors concluded. It would certainly have a positive impact on our patients undergoing radical prostatectomy in an effort to improve quality of life after major urological surgery.
The results of the study were published in the Journal of Urology (Vol. 170, No. 1: 130-133)
Pelvic Exercises and The Bits Below the Belt DVD
Associate Professor Pauline Chiarelli is an academic at the University of Newcastle.
She is a leading national and international speaker and the author of many research papers and books on Pelvic floor exercises for men and women. Pauline is widely acknowledged as a leading expert, yet she’s also able to reach out to ordinary men and women and write and explain in a positive, uplifting style as revealed in this DVD.
Pelvic Floor Exercises and the Bits Below the Belt DVD, has 9 Chapters covering
1.Introduction & Bits Below the Belt
2.Bladder Scans
3.Pelvic Floor Exercises
4.Your Exercise Plan
5.PFX Before Surgery
6.Being Boss of Your Bladder
7.Tips for Making You Boss of Your Bladder
8.Moving Forward
9.Credits and References
The DVD can be played as a play all or the various chapters can be selected and reviewed.
This is especial great when reviewing the hands on pelvic exercise chapters.
The DVD goes for approx 25 minutes and gives a total incite into the Pelvic Floor muscles and how to exercise them and the Bits below the Belt.
The viewer is taken into the treatment room a get a better understand of the bladder by watching a bladder scan and watching a pelvic floor muscles being exercised in real time.
There is a also a very visual chapter on how to do pelvic exercises and what the bits below the belt look like when they are working out.
This DVD will ist Australian men to understand their pelvic floor muscles and ist them in pre and post prostate cancer treatment outcomes with incontinency.
Produced by
www.wesytmedia.com
David Westbrook
the DVD is available from www.westymedia.com
or email ivideou@nex.net.au
Associate Professor Pauline Chiarelli
Duration : 0:5:14
Pelvic Floor Exercises and The Bits Below the Belt DVD
Surgery to treat men with prostate cancer is often followed by months of difficulty controlling urine flow, a condition known as urinary incontinence. But new research suggests that this problem may go away more quickly if the men perform certain exercises to strengthen their pelvic floor muscles.
Researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, found that men who were taught how to perform pelvic floor exercises before and after surgery were more likely to have regained continence three months later.
Men Doing Pelvic Exercises Recover Earlier
In the current study, the researchers randomly igned 38 men scheduled for radical prostatectomy to either a treatment group or a control group. The men in the treatment group were referred to a physical therapist. They were instructed how to do Pelvic Floor Exercises both before and after surgery, using biofeedback to ensure they were using the proper muscles. The control group did not receive any formal instruction. All of the men completed questionnaires regarding bladder function at regular intervals over the next year.
Overall, 82% of the patients had regained continence (defined as not needing to use any absorbent pads) by the end of the year, including about equal numbers in both groups. But on average the men who had been educated about Pelvic exercises regained continence about one month earlier than those in the control group (at 12 weeks vs. 16 weeks).
Most of the men who did not regain continence within a year were still using at least three absorbent pads a day, indicating continued severe incontinence. The study authors explained that these men probably had extensive damage to the bladder sphincter or severe dysfunction of the bladder after surgery, and the exercises alone were unable to compensate for this.
But the exercises seemed to be effective. Pelvic floor exercise and education initiated prior to surgery is an effective noninvasive intervention useful for improving early return of urinary continence, the authors concluded. It would certainly have a positive impact on our patients undergoing radical prostatectomy in an effort to improve quality of life after major urological surgery.
The results of the study were published in the Journal of Urology (Vol. 170, No. 1: 130-133)
Pelvic Exercises and The Bits Below the Belt DVD
Associate Professor Pauline Chiarelli is an academic at the University of Newcastle.
She is a leading national and international speaker and the author of many research papers and books on Pelvic floor exercises for men and women. Pauline is widely acknowledged as a leading expert, yet she’s also able to reach out to ordinary men and women and write and explain in a positive, uplifting style as revealed in this DVD.
Pelvic Floor Exercises and the Bits Below the Belt DVD, has 9 Chapters covering
1.Introduction & Bits Below the Belt
2.Bladder Scans
3.Pelvic Floor Exercises
4.Your Exercise Plan
5.PFX Before Surgery
6.Being Boss of Your Bladder
7.Tips for Making You Boss of Your Bladder
8.Moving Forward
9.Credits and References
The DVD can be played as a play all or the various chapters can be selected and reviewed.
This is especial great when reviewing the hands on pelvic exercise chapters.
The DVD goes for approx 25 minutes and gives a total incite into the Pelvic Floor muscles and how to exercise them and the Bits below the Belt.
The viewer is taken into the treatment room a get a better understand of the bladder by watching a bladder scan and watching a pelvic floor muscles being exercised in real time.
There is a also a very visual chapter on how to do pelvic exercises and what the bits below the belt look like when they are working out.
This DVD will ist Australian men to understand their pelvic floor muscles and ist them in pre and post prostate cancer treatment outcomes with incontinency.
Produced by
www.wesytmedia.com
David Westbrook
the DVD is available from www.westymedia.com
or email ivideou@nex.net.au
Associate Professor Pauline Chiarelli
Duration : 0:4:19
Delivering to five counties, Blue Ribbon Health Services, Inc., carries all types of medical equipment and supplies. Products include wheelchairs, incontinence supplies and walkers. They accept all kinds of insurance and their professionals will travel to customers who need equipment repaired.
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Duration : 0:1:23
Der Musculus urethralis (Harnröhrenmuskel) ist ein quergestreifter Muskel an der Harnröhre (Urethra). Der sogenannte künstliche Schließmuskel (artifizieller Sphinkter) ist ein Kunststoffsystem, welches aus 3 Komponenten besteht.
1. dem Flüssigkeitsreservoir
2. der Pumpe
3. der Harnröhrendruckmanschette
Das Reservoir ist ein Silikonballon, welcher mit einer Flüssigkeit gefüllt wird. Er wird in die Bauchhöhle eingepflanzt. Die Pumpe wird in den Hodensack operiert und mit Schlauchverbindungen an das Reservoir und die Druckmanschette angeschlossen. Die Harnröhrendruckmanschette sieht aus wie eine miniaturisierte Blutdruck- manschette, sie kann über einen Schlauch mit Hilfe der Pumpe mit Flüssigkeit aus dem Reservoir gefüllt werden und drückt so die Harnröhre ab. Die Druckmanschette wird um die hintere Harnröhre gelegt, die zu diesem Zwecke freipräpariert wird.Wenn alle Schlauchverbindungen hergestellt sind, wird die Haut wieder verschlossen, sodass alle Teile im Körper versenkt sind. Die beiden Schnitte der Operation liegen 1 x in der Leiste und der 2. im Bereiche des Damms, also zwischen Hodensack und Anus.
An artificial sphincter is used when your urinary sphincter stops working. The artificial sphincter is made up of three parts: a cuff, a balloon, and a pump. The cuff is shaped like a donut and fits around your urethra below the bladder
neck. The cuff is filled with fluid. It puts just enough pressure on the urethra to allow your bladder to hold your urine. The balloon holds the fluid that fills the cuff. The balloon is about the size of a ping-pong ball and is
placed in your body behind your pubic bone. The pump is implanted in your scrotum. You squeeze it to empty the fluid from the cuff into the balloon. This allows the urethra to open so you can urinate.
Duration : 0:0:52
This video is part of Kimberly-Clark’s Depend brand integrated marketing communications campaign supporting the launch of Depend Underwear for Men and Depend Underwear for Women. “Ink Blot” features the differences between a man’s and woman’s answers to a Rorschach ink blot test. While the woman sees two birds with a “couple little hats,” her male counterpart struggles to identify what “it” is, finally responding with “my windshield when I made my trip back to Phoenix.”
Duration : 0:0:31
Die Harnröhrendruckmanschette sieht aus wie eine miniaturisierte Blutdruck- manschette, sie kann über einen Schlauch mit Hilfe der Pumpe mit Flüssigkeit aus dem Reservoir gefüllt werden und drückt so die Harnröhre ab. Die Druckmanschette wird um die hintere Harnröhre gelegt, die zu diesem Zwecke freipräpariert wird.Wenn alle Schlauchverbindungen hergestellt sind, wird die Haut wieder verschlossen, sodass alle Teile im Körper versenkt sind. Die beiden Schnitte der Operation liegen 1 x in der Leiste und der 2. im Bereiche des Damms, also zwischen Hodensack und Anus.
An artificial sphincter is used when your urinary sphincter stops working. The artificial sphincter is made up of three parts: a cuff, a balloon, and a pump. The cuff is shaped like a donut and fits around your urethra below the bladder
neck. The cuff is filled with fluid. It puts just enough pressure on the urethra to allow your bladder to hold your urine. The balloon holds the fluid that fills the cuff. The balloon is about the size of a ping-pong ball and is
placed in your body behind your pubic bone. The pump is implanted in your scrotum. You squeeze it to empty the fluid from the cuff into the balloon. This allows the urethra to open so you can urinate.
Duration : 0:0:36
