Marta Myburgh - Urogynaecology Clinical Nurse Specialist
*NEW SERVICE OFFERED*
Marta has begun to offer Percuatneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS). What is this?
- PTNS is a form of treatment which is called neuromodulation. It is a minimally invasive procedure carried out in an outpatient setting.
- The sacral plexus of nerves is responsible for regulating both bladder and bowel function; stimulation of these nerves can help to improve bladder and bowel problems.
- Problems that PTNS can help are overactive bladder symptoms (such as needing to rush to the toilet to pass urine, frequently passing urine and waking up at night to go to the toilet) and fecal incontinence
Other services offered:
- Urinary incontinence assessment.
- Urge and stress urinary incontinence, conservative management including medication.
- Conservative management of vaginal prolapse.
- Vaginal pessary management including ring pessaries, Gelhorn pessaries, cubs and other type of pessaries depending on prolapse assessment.
- Vaginal atrophy management.
- Conservative management of recurrent urinary tract infection.
- Clean intermittent self-catheterisation teaching.
- Bladder scanning.
- Performing and interpretation of diagnostic tests: Uroflow and Urodynamics.
- Pelvic floor muscles assessment and pelvic floor exercises teaching.
- Management of bowel symptoms related to vaginal prolapse, including conservative management, and medication.
- Bladder and pelvic floor management in pregnancy and postnatally including urinary symptoms, and vaginal prolapse.
Marta can only see patients who are self-paying.
She is available Mondays/ Tuesdays and Thursdays 17:30 – 19:00 for ad hoc patients.