Maintain pressure on reforms to protect NHSArtificial urinary sphincter implantation used to treat stress urinary incontinence
Laparoscopic implantation of the artificial urinary sphincters (AUS) to treat women with stress urinary incontinence is a safe and efficient procedure.
This is the conclusion of a study of 25 women who had implants between April 2005 to July 2009.
Following the procedure, five patients developed urinary retention; four had a urinary catheter inserted for two days; and one patient with spina bifida had a suprapubic catheter for four weeks following the procedure.
During the follow-up, two treatment failures due to vaginal erosion were identified and the AUS was removed. Nineteen patients reported that they were continent and four achieved social continence.
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