Prior Placement of Male Urethral Slings Can Increase the Need for Revision of Artificial Urinary Sphincters.

ABSTRACT: Recurrent stress urinary incontinence (SUI) following male sling can be managed surgically with artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) insertion. Prior small, single-center retrospective studies have not demonstrated an association between having failed a sling procedure and worse AUS outcomes. The aim of this study was to compare outcomes of primary AUS placement in men who had or had not undergone a previous sling procedure. A retrospective review of all AUS devices implanted at a single academic center during 2000-2018 was performed. After excluding secondary AUS placements, revision and explant procedures, 135 patients were included in this study, of which 19 (14.1%) patients had undergone prior sling procedures. There was no significant difference in demographic characteristics between pa

SUBMITTER: Yura EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8704176 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature