Incontinence
Surgical technique may create artificial bladder sphincter
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 20th, 2003
University of Melbourne scientists, who developed the technique, have now licensed the intellectual property to Continence Control Systems International P/L (CCS), an Australian company created to commercialize the technology.
The research team from three university departments (anatomy, zoology and surgery) found a way of creating a ring of muscle from the patient's own body and transplanting it to the bladder where it acts as a replacement sphincter. One of the causes of the most...
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