Urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine. Stress incontinence leaks with coughing, laughing or exercise; urge incontinence leaks with a sudden, hard-to-defer urge; and many people have a mix. It is common, especially in women, and very treatable — but the treatment depends on the type.
Leaking urine — with a sudden urge, or with coughing, laughing and exercise — is common and treatable. Smile Urology in Seomyeon, Busan diagnoses the type of incontinence and offers the right treatment, from bladder training to sling surgery.
Urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine. Stress incontinence leaks with coughing, laughing or exercise; urge incontinence leaks with a sudden, hard-to-defer urge; and many people have a mix. It is common, especially in women, and very treatable — but the treatment depends on the type.
Our first task is to identify which type you have, because the right approach for one is not the right approach for another.
Accurate testing guides accurate care. Many patients are assessed and started on treatment the same day.
A structured history distinguishes stress, urge and mixed incontinence.
Rules out infection as a contributor.
Assesses emptying and bladder function non-invasively.
Uroflowmetry adds objective information where needed.
First-line care for many, especially urge and mild stress incontinence.
Medication to calm an overactive bladder in urge incontinence.
For suitable stress incontinence, a sling procedure supports the urethra — see the dedicated page.
Treatment matched to the type, from conservative measures to surgery.
Incontinence is treated according to its type rather than with a one-size approach — conservative measures first, surgery when it is genuinely the right answer. Because the clinic offers mid-urethral sling surgery as well as conservative care, you can be assessed and treated along the whole pathway, with discreet, English-speaking support.
We distinguish stress, urge and mixed incontinence from your history and testing — this determines the right treatment.
Often yes. Bladder training, pelvic-floor work and medication help many people, especially urge and milder stress incontinence.
For suitable stress incontinence that troubles you despite conservative measures. We explain it on the dedicated page.
Very — especially in women after childbirth or around menopause. It is treatable and worth addressing.