Functional: Surgery for Male SUI: Difference between revisions
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***Decreased success rates when undergoing male slings | ***Decreased success rates when undergoing male slings | ||
====== Contraindications | ====== Contraindications'''[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3640149 §]''' ====== | ||
*'''Absolute (6):''' | |||
*#'''Lack of physical or mental dexterity to manipulate the pump''' | |||
*#'''Repetitive urinary tract infections''' | |||
*# '''Urethral diverticula at the expected implant site/Poor urethral tissue integrity''' | |||
*# '''Complex, unstable, or recurrent urethral stricture diseases''' | |||
*#'''Small capacity and/or non-compliant bladder prior to definitive treatment''' | |||
*#'''Active infection at surgical site''' | |||
*'''Relative (4):''' | |||
*#'''High-grade vesicoureteric reflux''' | |||
*#'''Recurrent intravesical or intraurethral diseases such as stones or tumors that are expected to require repeat transurethral instrumentation''' | |||
*##'''Bulbar urethral placement of an AUS will not allow appropriate instrumentation and transurethral resection in patients with recurrent bladder tumors; in these patients, a male sling is preferred''' | |||
*##* A male sling will allow passage of a 24-Fr resectoscope | |||
*#'''Bladder neck contracture prior to treatment''' | |||
*# '''Detrusor overactivity''' | |||
*Radiotherapy is not considered to be a contraindication for placement of the AUS in males'''[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3640149 §]''' | |||
====== Technique ====== | ====== Technique ====== | ||