Colposuspension

What Is Colposuspension Surgery?

If you’re having difficulty holding in your urine (especially when you walk, cough, sneeze, or run), then you might be a good candidate for colposuspension surgery.  Urinary incontinence stems from a physical weakness in the floor muscles of the pelvic cavity.  When these muscles are no longer strong enough to support the uterus and bladder, urine control becomes extremely difficult.  Colposuspension surgery is performed to tighten the pelvic floor muscles and move the uterus and bladder back up to a more stable position.  

A colposuspension is a major surgical procedure that is carried out under general anesthesia over the course of one or two hours.  The initial cut is placed on the anterior abdominal wall near the navel.  The surgeon then places stabilizing stitches in o the neck of the bladder and attaches it to the back of the pelvis.  These stitches are enough to stabilize the urinary bladder in position and control the urinary incontinence.