Incontinence for Men - Male Bladder Control

Post -prostatectomy incontinence

In America alone, more than three million men are affected by loss of bladder control, a medical condition known as urinary incontinence. This problem has a great impact on health and quality of life for those who suffer with it. Male urinary incontinence is usually caused by a damaged sphincter, the circular muscle that controls the flow of urine out of the bladder. It often happens as the unavoidable result of prostate cancer surgery. When the sphincter is damaged, the man cannot squeeze or close off the urethra and leakage occurs especially with straining or exercise.

Dr. Lander is the Medical Director and a team member of the California Stem Cell Treatment Center. CSCTC is the first multispecialty regenerative medicine group in the United States that is using adipose derived adult mesenchymal stem cells to treat disease. Investigational protocols are being used to treat various degenerative diseases including post prostatectomy incontinence. Based on experience from Japan where Stromal Vascular Fraction (Adipose derived stem cells and growth factors) has been used successfully for male incontinence, we believe that the external sphincter can be regenerated to some extent to provide bladder control. Dr. Lander can provide access to the same technology here in California. An investigational protocol is currently open to deploy stem cells into the sphincters of men with post-prostatectomy leakage. This outpatient procedure to repair the sphincter mechanism can be performed under a local anesthetic. For more details see www.stemcellrevolution.com