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10. Bladder Augmentation Surgery
When all other approaches to strengthen and retrain the bladder have failed, you may need to alter the bladder itself. Typically used as a last resort in only the most serious cases of OAB, bladder augmentation involves enlarging the bladder with a section of your large intestine, so there’s physically more space to store urine, and therefore less pressure to urinate. This is the most invasive and complex procedure for solving OAB, and so it carries the longest recovery time and lasting consequences. Once you have bladder augmentation surgery, you will no longer be able to urinate naturally – you will have to use a catheter or stoma from now on.
The good news is that many, if not most cases of OAB can be very well controlled with a commitment to bladder training and good lifestyle changes, and the road to improvement is sometimes surprisingly short.
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Do you have a frequent urge to pee? It might be overactive bladder. Learn about more symptoms of overactive bladder here.
