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Urinary Incontinence Treatment for Men – ProACT™

Treated by Dr. Gange from his Office in Salt Lake City, UT

Dr. Gange is the first urologist in the region to offer ProACT™ Adjustable Continence Therapy for Men. It is indicated for the treatment of adult men who have stress incontinence arising from intrinsic sphincter deficiency of at least twelve months duration following radical prostatectomy or transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and who have failed to respond adequately to conservative therapy.

  • Safe
  • Minimally invasive
  • Effective
  • Outpatient procedure
  • No patient manipulation required
  • Device contains no mesh

PROACT MAY BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

  1. You have had a radical prostatectomy or transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP).
  2. Your stress urinary incontinence has persisted for at least 12 months after your prostate surgery.
  3. You have not adequately responded to conservative treatments.

Dr. Gange proudly offers ProACT™ as a treatment for male incontinence. More than 8,000 men have been implanted with ProACT to date. The first patients were implanted in the year 2000 and there is published data on five-year average follow-up with positive long-term results.1,2.

To learn whether ProACT™ is right for you, contact Dr. Gange’s office at (801) 993-1800. Alternatively, you can request an appointment online using our secure form.

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1. Roupret M, Vincent M, Pierre-Nicolas G, Stephane B, Florence C, Emmanuel CK Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence Following Prostate Surgery With Minimally Invasive Adjustable Continence balloon Implants:Functional Results from a Single Center prospective study. J.Urol ,2011 July;Vol 186, 198-203 DOI:10.1016/j.juro.2011.03.016.

2.Kjaer,L, Fode,M, Norgaard N, Sonksen J and Nordling J Adjustable continence balloons: Clinical results of a new minimally invasive treatment for male urinary incontinence.Scandinavian J of Urology and Nephrology , 2012;1-5 (DOI:10.3109/00365599.2012.660986)

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I have seen Dr. Gange for a number of years and developed the typical symptoms associated with an enlarged prostate. During my annual urologist visit, Dr. Gange laid out my options. After doing some personal research, I elected to have the Urolift procedure performed by Dr. Gange on an outpatient basis.

The procedure was uncomfortable but not particularly painful compared to other surgeries I have had. Recovery was relatively quick and I was back at work after two days of rest.

I did experience some significant discomfort associated with urination but was counseled that I was not drinking enough water. Once I increased my consumption of water, most of the discomfort went away and I was back to normal after about two weeks.

In the wake of the surgery, the urgency to urinate has gone away. The interval between trips to the bathroom has lengthened significantly such that I usually get up to urinate only once each night and sometimes not at all.

Having talked with others who have had more drastic prostate surgery, I feel that the Urolift procedure was much less stressful and the results were as hoped for.