DIPARTIMENTO MATERNO INFANTILE E SCIENZE UROLOGICHE

Regenerative medicine-based treatment with injection of autologous muscle-derived or adipose-derived stem cells for the management of stress urinary incontinence : two preclinical models

Regenerative medicine-based treatment with injection of autologous muscle-derived or adipose-derived stem cells for the management of stress urinary incontinence : two preclinical models

Urinary incontinence (UI) is extremely common (30-50% in female and 5-15% in male subjects) in all the world, able to significantly

impact on the quality of life of patients. It is also associated to a great distress influencing social life with high costs for both patients

and society (1,2). In particular, stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is related to urethral sphincter dysfunction . In male patients SUI is

mainly a complication of radical prostatectomy (RP) procedure for prostate cancer (PC)

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