International Journal of Women's Health Care(IJWHC)

FemCap Inc., Clinical coordinator, 14058 Mira Montana Drive Del Mar CA, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Successful Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women by a Contraceptive Device FemCap Pilot Study
  Author(s): Alfred Shihata*, Steven A Brody and Julia Barrett-Mitchell
  
  Background: Women suffer silently from stress urinary incontinence (SUI). SUI is under-reported by women and under-diagnosed and treated by doctors. Treatment with pessaries is conservative and has significant limitations. These limitations include displacement, erosion, ulceration, and urethral obstruction. (SUI) is very prevalent among women of all ages, particularly menopausal women. The first line of SUI treatment is the ring pessary; however, more pessaries of different shapes and sizes have been introduced to achieve better results. Objectives: To provide women with a safer, more effective device to treat SUI. Materials and Methods: The FemCap combines the ring and space-occupying pessary features into one device, making it much more successful. The bowl of the dome of the FemCap covers the cervix and prevent.. Read More»
  

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