Treatment of urinary incontinence by an implantable prosthetic urinary sphincter
β Scribed by Scott, F. Brantley; Bradley, William E.; Timm, Gerald W.
- Book ID
- 123177948
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 687 KB
- Volume
- 167
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5347
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Stress urinary incontinence in women is usually due to either urethral hypermobility or intrinsic urethral weakness. Stress incontinence due to urethral hypermobility is usually cured with a cystourethropexy. That due to intrinsic urethral weakness, however, requires either periurethral injection, s
Eight patients were treated with an implantable artificial urinary sphincter. Five patients had neurogenic bladders, two had postprostatectomy incontinence and one severe recurring stress incontinence. The main problem was mechanical failure of the device in four patients. The present results (follo