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People with this condition are unable to urinate or they feel frequent urges but only urinate small amounts.</h4> </div> </div> <div class="block-symptoms block-symptoms-urinary container"> <h2>Urinary Retention Symptoms</h2> <strong>You may be suffering from urinary retention if:</strong> <div class="row"> <article role="img" aria-label="Hesitancy icon"> <h2>Hesitancy</h2> <p>You experience difficulty starting to urinate</p> </article> <article role="img" aria-label="Frequent small voids icon"> <h2>Frequent Small Voids</h2> <p>You urinate only a small amount, often resulting in frequent trips to the restroom</p> </article> <article role="img" aria-label="Slow urine stream icon"> <h2>Slow Urine Stream</h2> <p>You need to strain when urinating and have a slow urine stream</p> </article> <article role="img" aria-label="Post-void fullness icon"> <h2>Post-Void Fullness</h2> <p>You experience lower abdominal bloating or discomfort</p> </article> </div> </div> <div class="block-journey"> <article> <h2>Your journey to find the treatment solution that works for you</h2> <div> <h3><b>1</b>CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR</h3> <ul> <li>Discuss your symptoms</li> <li>Start a baseline bladder diary</li> <li>Undergo recommended diagnostic tests</li> <li>Discuss treatment options</li> </ul> </div> <div> <h3><b>2</b>INITIAL TREATMENT</h3> <ul> <li>Behavioral management</li> <li>Alpha-blocker medications (for men with prostate enlargement)</li> </ul> </div> <figure role="img" aria-label="Doctor icon"><span></span> <div> <h3>No symptom improvements?<br /> Don’t give up!</h3> <p>Follow up with your doctor to discuss advanced therapy options</p> </div> <em class="corner corner-top"></em> <em class="corner corner-bottom"></em> <em class="corner corner-top left"></em> <em class="corner corner-bottom left"></em></figure> <div> <h3><b>3</b>ADVANCED THERAPIES</h3> <ul> <li><b>Sacral Neuromodulation</b></li> <li>Clean intermittent self-catheterization</li> <li>Surgical intervention</li> </ul> </div> <!-- <div class="figure-triangle"> </div> --> <div class="figure-triangle-svg"><img src="/images/patients/triangle.svg" alt="" /></div> </article> <article> <h2>Urinary Retention Patient<br />Care Pathway</h2> <p>Your doctor and his or her clinical team will follow a patient care pathway, which is a roadmap of the different treatment options available to you. The pathway starts with conservative treatments and then moves on to the advanced therapies.</p> <div class="threatment4" role="img" aria-label="Urinary retention patient care pathway"><strong>1</strong> <strong>2</strong> <strong style="font-size: 0;">user</strong> <strong>3</strong> <h4>CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR</h4> <h4>Initial<br />Treatment</h4> <h4>follow up with<br /> Your doctor</h4> <h4>advanced Therapies</h4> </div> </article> </div> <div class="block-neuromodulation banner container" style="background-image: url('/images/patients/What_is_Sacral_Neuromodulation.jpg'); background-size: cover;" role="img" aria-label="A woman looking out to a bay"> <div class="row neuro-block"> <div class="col"> <h2>What Is Sacral Neuromodulation?</h2> <p>Sacral Neuromodulation is a therapy that provides gentle stimulation to the nerves that communicate between the brain and bladder and/or bowel. This advanced therapy restores normal communication, which can result in symptom improvement.</p> <a class="btn btn-outline btn-outline-success" href="/patients/about-axonics-therapy/axonics-therapy">CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE</a></div> <div class="col"><div class="item-scale"> <div class="box-pie"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="270" height="270" viewBox="0 0 270 270"> <g> <g> <path fill="#dfdfdf" d="M8.834 135.055c0-69.588 56.412-126 126-126s126 56.412 126 126-56.412 126-126 126-126-56.412-126-126z" /> </g> <g> <path fill="#8cc63f" d="M134.947 135.052V.104c74.53 0 134.948 60.418 134.948 134.948S209.477 270 134.947 270 0 209.581 0 135.052c0-50.68 25.197-93.458 69.523-118.028z" /> </g> </g> </svg> <div class="text-pie"> <span>93</span>% </div> </div> <img src="/images/hcp/pie/green/shadow.svg" alt="shadow" class="shadow_pie" /> <p> of patients were satisfied with therapy<sup>1</sup> </p> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="block-experts"> <h2>Hear From the Experts</h2> <article class="containerex"> <figure><img src="/images/patients/experts-img-1.png" alt="Rebecca McCrery, MD, FPMRS" /></figure> <strong>Rebecca McCrery, MD, FPMRS<span>Urogynecologist</span></strong> <section class="accordion-block"> <div class="accordion-button">What is urinary retention?</div> <div class="accordion-panel"><span> Urinary retention refers to a condition where patients can’t go to the bathroom. There’s always a spectrum where you’ve got some patients that, maybe it presents more as their stream is really slow and it feels like they have to sit there forever and they can’t get it all out. On the other end of the spectrum, you’ve got patients where they just can’t go at all and they have to use catheters and rely on those catheters to empty the bladder. <br /><br /> Generally, urinary retention symptoms progress over time. It usually starts as more of a slower stream, and then the patients will get a diagnosis at some point of the fact that they’re not emptying their bladder well. Treatment wise, there’s not a lot of options for urinary retention, especially when it comes to urinary retention in women. Sacral Neuromodulation is a strategy we use quite a bit if a patient is not getting the results they are looking for with catheter use. </span></div> <div class="accordion-button">How is the Axonics System different?</div> <div class="accordion-panel"><span> One of the advantages of the Axonics System is the small size of the device. Another nice feature is the 15+ year battery life. I think, from a patient’s standpoint, the idea of not having to come in for regular battery changes, which is a surgical procedure, is very appealing. </span></div> </section> </article> <article class="containerex"> <figure><img src="/images/patients/experts-img-2.png" alt="Kevin Benson, MD, FPMRS" /></figure> <strong>Kevin Benson, MD, FPMRS<span>Urogynecologist</span></strong> <section class="accordion-block"> <div class="accordion-button">What common causes do you see in your patients with urinary retention?</div> <div class="accordion-panel"><span> Urinary retention is the inability to effectively empty the bladder. In many patients with retention it starts gradually and builds up over time. These patients don’t realize what normal is and really live with an abnormal finding for years, if not decades. <br /><br /> I view retention in kind of 2 general classes: <br /><br /> 1. The first is the young patient with retention due to pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and uncoordinated bladder emptying. <br /><br /> 2. The second patient is perhaps later in their life who has more of an issue of a hypocontractile detrusor (the bladder doesn’t have a strong enough contraction to empty). This patient may also lack the sensory ability to know when they need to void. </span></div> <div class="accordion-button">What are the treatment options for urinary retention?</div> <div class="accordion-panel"><span> Treatment options for retention are limited. It’s probably one of the toughest conditions I deal with in practice because I don’t have a lot of effective treatment options to offer patients. Patients often have to live with the condition and incomplete bladder emptying, and the medical consequences that accompany it. One of the more attractive options is Sacral Neuromodulation, which has the ability to restore function. <br /><br /> Another option is to utilize self-catherization, which is not very attractive for patients. Lastly, a patient can have a more invasive diverting procedure with a controllable drainage process. </span></div> </section> </article> </div> <div class="block-solution banner container keyfob" style="background-image: url('/images/patients/solution_background-2.jpg');" role="img" aria-label="A patient putting the Axonics remote into their pocket"> <h2>There is a solution for you.</h2> <p>The good news is that there are urinary retention treatment options for controlling your symptoms. The Axonics System is an advanced therapy option to treat your urinary retention symptoms. This therapy is a clinically proven solution to help people regain normal bladder control function.<sup>1</sup></p> <a class="btn btn-outline btn-outline-success btn-outline-success--big" href="/patients/about-axonics-therapy/axonics-therapy">LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AXONICS SYSTEM</a></div> <section class="home-join" style="background-size: cover; background: url('/images/patients/newpatients/home-axonics-join.jpg');"> <div class="home-join-block"> <h2>Be Strengthened. Be Supported.</h2> <p>Would you like to connect with someone who understands the unique<br />challenges of living with urinary dysfunction?</p> <div class="ptb3"><a class="btn btn-contacts btn-contacts--white-text btn-connect" href="/patients/resources-patients/connect-with-an-ambassador">Connect with an Axonics Ambassador</a></div> </div> </section> <div class="container"> <div class="ptb2"> <p><b>Reference:</b></p> <p>1. McCrery R, Lane F, Benson K, Taylor C, Padron O, Blok B, Wachter S, Pezzella A, Gruenenfelder J, Pakzad M, Perrouin-Verbe MA, Normand L, Van Kerrebroeck P, Mangel J, Peters K, Kennelly M, Shapiro A, Lee U, Comiter C, Mueller M, Goldman HB. 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