Adipose Stem Cells: Potential Option for Female SUI

July 10, 2014

(Medscape) – Urethral injection of patient-derived adipose stem cells (ASCs) and collagen may represent a viable alternative to surgery in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), according to a pilot study published online July 1 in Stem Cells Translational Medicine. Although insertion of a suburethral sling remains the curative “gold standard” for female SUI, the procedure is not always effective. The 5 women recruited for this study had significant independent multiple risk factors for sling failure, including being overweight, having mixed incontinence, having a history of failed continence surgery, or having intrinsic sphincter deficiency.