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Urethral bulking agents are substances that are injected to support the bladder neck. The operation is often carried out under local anaesthesia but can be done under general or regional, such as spinal anaesthesia.
This test will determine if the pituitary gland (at the base of the brain) is producing sufficient growth hormone, and/or properly regulating the production of cortisol (a natural steroid hormone or chemical signal).
Intermittent self catheterisation (also called clean intermittent self catheterisation) is the practice of passing a catheter (small tube) through one’s urethra (the pipe from which the urine flows from the body) to help complete emptying the bladder.
Intravesical immunotherapy is when a substance is placed into the bladder to stimulate an immune response. Intravesical immunotherapy is used as a treatment for nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. This is cancer which is confined to the inner surface layer of the bladder.