A wide range of therapies are now available to treat incontinence, many of which do not require surgery, including: medication, exercises, collagen injections, physical therapy, biofeedback therapy and surgery.

Several surgical options are also available to correct incontinence. Women with marked stress incontinence can have the bladder opening tightened with a relatively simple surgery through the vagina. For people who have lost sphincter control, an artificial urinary sphincter can be implanted. A new bladder pouch can be created for cancer patients, using a part of the small intestine.

Urologic Surgery

The division of urologic surgery is divided into subspecialties to provide care in the areas of oncology, incontinence, stone disease, impotence, infertility and laparoscopic surgery.

Kidney Transplantation

The Kidney Transplant Program at USC University Hospital is dedicated to providing comprehensive care to patients with chronic renal disease, including end-stage renal disease.

Our transplant team consists of physician and surgeon specialists and nurse coordinators whose purpose is the efficient pre-transplant evaluation and management and a smooth transition into the transplant phase.

Following kidney transplantation, care will be coordinated by the USC nurse transplant coordinator and depends on consistent communication between the transplant physicians, the patient and the referring doctor.

The Kidney Transplant Program is one component of the full-service Multi-Organ Transplantation Program at the University of Southern California School of Medicine.