title: [Experience with the Kaufman prosthesis in the treatment of postoperative urinary incontinence in the male].
abstract: 22 patients had urinary incontinence plastic surgery according to Kaufman. Good and satisfactory results (n = 14) are to be expected only in cases of genuine stress incontinence following iatrogenic lesion of the sphincteral mechanism. Preoperative urodynamic clarification is obligatory for excluding neurogenic micturition disorders, detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia and bladder instability. Because of the clearly increased complication rate in prostatic cancer, Kaufman-incontinence-plastic surgery should only be carried out when over a period of 12 months tumour progression is not to be expected or when radical prostatectomy was done. Complications with necessary prosthesis removal (n = 9) occurred without exception within 8 weeks after surgery. Among them were two cases of decubital necrosis of the urethra, five cases of secondary wound healing and one case of detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia. General contraindications are: chronically recurrent urinary tract infection, urethral stricture, urethral diverticulum, vesico-urethral reflux with dilated upper urinary tract and the so-called "scarred-rigid urethra".
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011468:Prostatectomy; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit der Kaufman-Prothese zur Behandlung der postoperativen Harninkontinenz des Mannes.