As seen on the popular TV show "Top Docs of DFW", Dr. Carol Norton describes an innovative procedure she performs to help women suffering from urinary incontinence.
"Pelvic floor issues are certainly a major concern that a lot of women report in my clinic. Mainly stress incontinence, urge incontinence, relaxation of the vaginal vault.
So for the physician who is seeing patients who suffer from stress and urge incontinence, rectal incontinence, Genityte offers a lot of advantages for their patients; first off it is not invasive it is not painful. The patient has no down time.
The Genityte treatment is an option that could potentially treat all of the problems that the patient is suffering; it does not appear to have any risk of making the problem any worse. There are no risks of surgical complications.
I am careful to distinguish Genityte from plastic vaginal surgery like "laser vaginal rejuvenation" for example, it can be very easily confused with that because it is a light being used in the vaginal area, but Genityte is not that particular treatment.
Genityte is a medical procedure. It does tighten tissues in that area but the purpose is not to make things prettier. The purpose is to return function to the area."
-Dr. Carol Norton
"It is exciting to be able to now offer women a non-surgical option. Some patients just aren't good candidates for traditional surgical procedures, and some don't want the down time or time loss from their jobs. Such women now have a non-invasive option which can significantly improve or resolve their symptoms and greatly improve their quality of life.
There's ongoing controversy regarding the best way to repair pelvic floor problems. This is because some patient's symptoms are no better after traditional procedures for urinary or rectal incontinence and pelvic relaxation, or the repairs don't give patients lasting results. Additionally, surgeons debate what materials (example - mesh) and techniques are safest and will provide the best long term relief. The beauty of Genityte is that many providers can be trained to offer this effective in-office procedure in lieu of surgical options. Genityte is a simple, elegant procedure which doesn't have surgical risks including fear of injury to nerves, blood vessels or risk of permanent disability. Additionally, the procedure is much more affordable than a hospital based surgery, and there is no down time for the patient to recover."
As for Genityte – "This procedure has had a profound positive effect for many patients. Our ability to now make someone dry and continent who had been leaking urine or stool prior to their Genityte procedure demonstrates that these results cannot be attributed to a placebo type affect. There is true science behind skin tightening using specific medical infrared devices. Biopsies of skin show collagen and elastin increase in number and thickness. So to transfer that concept to the lower genital tract was just a brilliant idea."
-Dr. Estelle Yamaki
"A large part of my practice is actually gynecologic surgery and a big part of that is treating women with urinary incontinence. I've been over the years very disappointed with many of the surgical outcomes for procedures to treat stress incontinence.
I have a saying that there are 99 ways to fix the bladder and that's because 99 ways don't work - that may be a slight exaggeration but there are many different techniques to fix the bladder and the reason there are all those techniques is that there isn't one good technique that works.
The Genityte procedure uses no foreign materials. It uses the body's own healing mechanism to reshape the tissue so that the bladder can function in a correct manner and this is a huge problem for women.
The surgical procedures that are available are really not able to fix the problem completely and have complications and have problems that aren't ideal. I think the Genityte procedure has the capabilities of being the ideal procedure for this which I think is very exciting.
I'm really excited about being involved with the Genityte procedure because I think this one procedure with no down time that is cost effective is really going to revolutionize our treatment of women and stress incontinence."
-Dr. Kimberley Fillmore
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Dr. Julie Reil
"The Genityte story is a story of women caring for women, a team of female health care professionals dedicated to helping other women. Women have come from all over the United States for help, trusting us with their most embarrassing medical problems. Genityte is also a story of women helping other women by selflessly sharing their personal stories for the sake of other women who may be silently suffering.
Many women have tried and failed one or even two surgical interventions, leaving them in a place of no hope. These same patients, when they reach the end of their Genityte treatment process are very pleased and even amazed with their results.
It's easy as a physician to speak scientifically and technically about urinary incontinence but this treatment goes deeper than that, Genityte is a restoration of the whole woman, her dignity, her active lifestyle and her confidence.
Genityte is non-invasive and non-surgical, with no discomfort and no recovery time. This revolutionary treatment is equally effective as mesh surgery, requires no time off work, no activity restrictions and best of all it is 'natural'- using your body's own ability to repair itself."
