The role of stem cells in the treatment of urinary incontinence: literature review

Urinary incontinence is a common urological disease. A review on clinical studies is shown to systematize the global experience in the use of stem cells (SC) in the treatment of urinary incontinence. Various SC sources (bone marrow, muscle and adipose tissue), routes and methods of administration are analyzed in the treatment of urinary incontinence in both men and women, methods for evaluating long-term results of the procedure were presented. Transurethral injection of adipose or muscle tissue stem cells into the submucosal layer of the membranous urethra or striated sphincter is the most appropriate method among the existing for stress urinary incontinence treatment. There is no precise way of using stem cells for urge urinary incontinence.