artificial urinary sphincter
Male synthetic sling versus artificial urinary sphincter trial for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery (MASTER): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... There are no published RCTs comparing male slings with AUS. A Cochrane review found only one small, poor- quality RCT of surgery which suggested that implantation of artificial urinary sphincter ...
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Quality of life and patient satisfaction after artificial urinary sphincter
... stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is caused by intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD) from a variety of etiologies – prostatic surgery as the being the most ...the artificial urinary ...
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Recurrent urethrovesical anastomotic strictures following artificial urinary sphincter implantation: a case report
... Despite improvements and refinements in the surgical techniques used for radical prostatectomy (RP), compli- cations still exist. The commonest are incontinence and loss of erectile function. The next most common com- ...
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Artificial urinary sphincter erosion after radical prostatectomy in patients treated with and without radiation
... Introduction: There has been increasing evidence supporting the use of adjuvant radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer. Significant stress incontinence after RP is not uncommon and the ...
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Artificial urinary sphincter implantation: an important component of complex surgery for urinary tract reconstruction in patients with refractory urinary incontinence
... All AUS procedures were performed successfully. The de- vices were activated in 31 cases at 1-month after surgery; patient 4 had device explantation because of an immediate infection due to scrotal skin erosion. At the ...
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Techniques – Robotic assisted laparoscopic implantation of artificial urinary sphincter with concomitant hysterectomy and sacrocolpopexy
... The most difficult step of the procedure is the development of the urethrovaginal plane due to the absence of a natural plane between the bladder and vagina, especially with scarring from previous anti-incontinence ...
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Stemming the tide of mild to moderate post prostatectomy incontinence: A retrospective comparison of transobturator male slings and the artificial urinary sphincter
... 11. Castle EP, Andrews PE, Itano N, et al. The male sling for post-prostatectomy incontinence: Mean followup of 18 months. J Urol 2005;173:1657-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000154782.86431.41 12. Raj G, Peterson ...
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The impact of prior urethral sling on artificial urinary sphincter outcomes
... the need for peri-urethral dissection and subsequent for- eign body reaction with MUS, it seems plausible that these procedures would result in alterations to the urethral blood flow in a similar manner. Surprisingly, ...
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Artificial urinary sphincters for male stress urinary incontinence: current perspectives
... The artificial urinary sphincter (AUS), which has evolved over many years, has become a safe and reliable treatment for stress urinary incontinence and is currently the gold ...
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Artificial urinary sphincters for treating postprostatectomy incontinence: A contemporary experience from the UK
... Objectives: To report a real-time contemporary practice and outcome of artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) in patients with postradical prostatectomy urinary incontinence (PPI) in the UK. ...
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THE SWALLOWING MECHANISM OF THE NEONATE I. ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC MOTILITY
... The inferior esophageal sphincter mechanism is located at 12% cm and relaxes with the second and third swallows. The arrow again indicates de- parture from the higher pressure sphincter [r] ...
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Modelling the biomechanics and control of sphincters
... The computation time for a simulation depends on several factors: the integration method, the precision of the method, the size of the model and the total number of conductances. One can simplify the model of a neuron to ...
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Pruitus ani
... Faecal soilage may be a result of poor hygiene, anatomic abnormalities which make removal of faecal material difficult (eg. haemorrhoids, fissures, skin tags) or a primary abnormality of internal anal sphincter ...
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Electroacupuncture to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... esophageal sphincter pressure; TLESRs: transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations; RCTs: randomized controlled trials; KMD: Korean Medicine Doctor; SOP: standard operating procedure; STRICTA: ...
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Local versus intravenous injections of skeletal muscle precursor cells in nonhuman primates with acute or chronic intrinsic urinary sphincter deficiency
... Intrinsic urinary sphincter deficiency (ISD) is a common cause of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and remains a significant quality-of-life ...the urinary sphincter musculature and ...
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The lower esophageal sphincter (LES)
... For a long time, hiatus hernia has been thought of as a major factor in the production of reflux. This assumption was based on the high incidence of sliding hiatal hernia in patients with gastroesophageal reflux 43,44 ...
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Do women with prior obstetrical anal sphincter injury regret having a subsequent vaginal delivery?
... pain/dyspareunia, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse), and delivery characteristics were collected via retrospective chart ...
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Birth position and obstetric anal sphincter injury: a population based study of 113 000 spontaneous births
... The primary outcome was obstetric anal sphincter in- jury (OASIS). Cases were defined by having both a Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) code (i.e. a surgical code for suturing of OASIS) in combination with a ...
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A quest for sphincter saving surgery in ultralow rectal tumours—a single centre cohort study
... with sphincter-saving procedures, both in the TaTME and intersphincteric group, developed faecal incontinence of different ...of sphincter-saving proce- ...of sphincter-saving procedures in our study ...
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Risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury increases with maternal age irrespective of parity: a population based register study
... This study shows that giving birth for the first time at a young age could reduce the risk of OASI, with mater- nal age under 25 years being most optimal. However, to change the current trend in modern societies of ...
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