Use of a double cuff AMS800 urinary sphincter for severe stress incontinence.

Abstract

Stress urinary incontinence in the male patient has been successfully treated with the artificial urinary sphincter. However, approximately 15% of the patients treated are still significantly wet despite some improvement with this device. These patients usually are almost totally incontinent before artificial sphincter implantation. Of 15 such patients 80% were rendered satisfactorily dry by adding a second sphincter cuff around the bulbous urethra. This double cuff technique increases the success rate with the AMS800 sphincter to greater than 95%.

• Authors: C G Brito, J J Mulcahy, M E Mitchell, M C Adams
• Journal: The Journal of urology (J Urol) Vol. 149 Issue 2 Pg. 283-5 (Feb 1993) ISSN: 0022-5347 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8426402 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Child
• Equipment Design
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Severity of Illness Index
• Urinary Incontinence, Stress (therapy)
• Urinary Sphincter, Artificial