Urgent® PC (Non-Surgical Treatment) for Overactive Bladder (OAB)

The Urgent PC system delivers a specific type of neuromodulation called percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS). During treatment, a small, slim needle electrode is inserted near your ankle. The needle electrode is then connected to the battery-powered stimulator. During your 30-min- ute treatment, mild impulses from the stimulator travel through the needle electrode, along your leg and to the nerves in your pelvis that control bladder function. This process is also referred to as neuromodulation.

Urgent® PC produces mild impulses which:

• Enter through a needle electrode placed near ankle
• Travel up tibial nerve in the leg
• Reach nerves responsible for bladder control

A slim needle electrode is temporarily placed near the ankle. A device that delivers mild electrical impulses is attached to the electrode. There are twelve 30-minute weekly sessions required to determine your level of response and monthly sessions are used to maintain results.

Because patients may experience the sensation of the Urgent PC therapy in different ways, it’s difficult to say what the treatment would feel like to you. Patients often describe the sensation as “tingling” or “pulsating.” Treatment is typically well-tolerated by patients. Urgent PC offers many different levels of stimulation, so your clinician will be able to adjust treatment to suit you as well as address any discomfort that you might experience during treatment.

You will receive an initial series of 12 treatments scheduled about a week apart. If you respond, you will likely need a treatment about once per month to maintain your improvements.

Urgent PC is a non-drug, non-surgical option for overactive bladder and associated symptoms of urinary urgency, urinary frequency and urge incontinence. The Urgent PC system delivers a specific type of neuromodulation called percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS).

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Many studies show up to 80% of patients get better with Urgent® PC treatment. Most Urgent® PC patients go to the bathroom less and have less accidents. In one study, patients got better between 2-12 weeks. For 1 out of 5, it took 8 weeks before they got better.

The risks associated with Urgent® PC therapy are low. Most common side-effects are temporary and include mild pain or skin inflammation at or near the stimulation site.

For more information on side effects talk with your doctor.