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JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
Volume 163, Issue 1, Pages 85-86Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67978-5
Keywords
urinary incontinence; urinary sphincter, artificial
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Purpose: We report on a series of patients with erosion of 1 cuff of an AMS800 dagger double cuff artificial urinary sphincter and determine the success rate of removing the eroded cuff, leaving the other components behind and converting the device to a single cuff system. Materials and Methods: In 9 patients with a double cuff artificial sphincter 1 eroded cuff was removed and the system was converted to a single cuff sphincter. Results: Followup was based on an incontinence scoring system. In 1 patient the remaining cuff was removed because it also eroded. In another patient a wound infection developed 5 months after placement and the entire device was removed. The remaining 7 patients had better continence scores than before artificial sphincter placement but each remarked that continence was better with 2 cuffs. Conclusions: An eroded cuff of a double cuff artificial urinary sphincter system can be successfully removed and the device can be converted to a single cuff system.
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