title: Use of a double cuff AMS800 urinary sphincter for severe stress incontinence.
abstract: Stress urinary incontinence in the male patient has been successfully treated with the artificial urinary sphincter. However, approximately 15% of the patients treated are still significantly wet despite some improvement with this device. These patients usually are almost totally incontinent before artificial sphincter implantation. Of 15 such patients 80% were rendered satisfactorily dry by adding a second sphincter cuff around the bulbous urethra. This double cuff technique increases the success rate with the AMS800 sphincter to greater than 95%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mulcahy
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000628:therapy*; D016741:Urinary Sphincter, Artificial