Sunday, May 18, 2008

Male Sling

I always learn something new at these conferences. At the urology conference in San Diego, it was the vacuum pump. At the neurosurgery conference in Chicago, it was all about watching the brain surgery video over and over again. At this urology conference in Orlando, it's all about the male sling.

All day yesterday, I saw the signs at the booth directly across from me stating they were promoting their male slings. I kept wondering what the heck that meant. They couldn't get their video to work yesterday, but it is working today and the education of Able Cable continues. Today I get to watch a video loop showing them cuting into the area beneath the scrotum and inserting a mesh sling. They then put two hooks through the poor man's inner thighs and pull the ends of the sling through his thighs. The sling holds the uretha up, thereby helping with urinary incontinence. Eventually, the muscles grows over the mesh and the problem should be solved. Totally weird seeing a video of a man spread eagle all day long!

Ah, such is my life . . .

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like you're learning a lot! Could Able Cable soon become Able Cable, M.D.? You could be one of the very few women who dare go there, on a legal professional level! ;)