title: Fascial sling to correct male neurogenic sphincter incompetence: the McGuire/Raz approach.
abstract: We report the surgical approach used in 4 male myelomeningocele patients suffering from severe urinary incontinence owing to poor bladder compliance and sphincter incompetence. While bladder compliance was corrected by enlargement cystoplasty the sphincteric incompetence was treated by an autologous fascial sling around the bladder neck with excellent results. We consider this operation as an alternative to the artificial urinary sphincter in cases of male neurogenic sphincter incontinence.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raz
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ehrlich
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Zeidman
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alarcon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmidtbauer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications*; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*