1 in 4 women worldwide have urinary incontinence.¹

80% of your female patients with incontinence have a component of stress urinary incontinence (SUI).¹

Now there’s a new solution you can offer your female patients with SUI - the uresta® pessary.

SUI is the complaint of involuntary leakage on effort or exertion, or on sneezing or coughing.² It is caused by a failure of the urethral sphincter mechanism.

Surgery and pessaries work the same way. They provide support to the sphincter which allows it to coapt better.

There are no drugs approved in North America for use in the treatment of SUI.

Long term surgical cure rates of women range from 19% to 77%.^3,4,5

There are risks associated with surgery.^6,7

The uresta® pessary for SUI

• Addresses pelvic support problem
• Low risk
• 76% successfully fitted in clinical trial⁹
• Cost-effective
• Surgery still an option

“Continence pessaries should be offered to women as an effective low-risk treatment for both stress and mixed incontinence.”(SOGC Guidelines)⁸

¹ Minassian VA, Stewart WF, Wood GC. Urinary incontinence in women: variation in prevalence estimates and risk factors. Obstet Gynecol 2008; 111(2 Pt 1):324-331.

² Abrams P, Cardozo L, Fall M, et al.  The standardisation of terminology in lower urinary tract function: report from the standardisation sub-committee of the International Continence Society.  Urology 2003; 61(1): 37-49.

³ Albo ME, Richter HE, Brubaker L, et al.  Burch colposuspension versus fascial sling to reduce urinary stress incontinence. N Engl J Med 2007; 356(21): 2143-2155.

⁴ Kjølhede P.  Long-term efficacy of Burch colposuspension: a 14-year follow-up study.  Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2005; 84(8): 767-772.

⁵ Black N, Griffiths J, Pope C, et al.  Impact of surgery for stress incontinence on morbidity: cohort study.  BMJ 1997; 315(7121): 1493-1498.

⁶ Demirci F, Petri E.  Perioperative complications of Burch colposuspension.  Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 2000; 11(3): 170-175.

⁷ Karram MM, Segal JL, Vassallo BJ, et al.  Complications and untoward effects of the tension-free vaginal tape procedure.  Obstet Gynecol 2003; 101(5 Pt 1): 929-932.

⁸ Robert M, Ross, S, Farrell S, et al.  SOGC Clinical practice guideline: conservative management of urinary incontinence.  J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2006; 28 (12): 1113-1118.

⁹ Farrell SA, Baydock S, Amir B, et al. Effectiveness of a new self-positioning pessary for the management of urinary incontinence. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007; 196(5): 474.e1-8.