title: Treatment of dual urinary and fecal incontinence by implantation of two AMS 800 artificial sphincters. Case report.
abstract: We report the case of a 61-year-old woman with urinary and anal incontinence due to neurologic disease. An AMS 800 artificial sphincter was implanted first round the bladder neck with recovery of satisfactory urinary continence. Four months later, another AMS 800 artificial sphincter was implanted round the anal sphincter. Two revisional procedures had to be performed: replacement of the pump for mechanical failure, and replacement of the low-pressure balloon by a high-pressure one. Finally the patient has been almost completely continent with only occasional leakage of feces or liquid stools (follow-up 24 months after activation). Defecography shows total rectal evacuation and anorectal manometry records an anal closing pressure of 70 cm H2O. Dual implantation of artificial sphincters is possible for incontinence of neurological origin, provided bladder and rectal compliance are normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gelet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meunier
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Platet
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: AbdelRahim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Friaa
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Manzan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dubernard
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal / Q000601:surgery; D002420:Cauda Equina; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016741:Urinary Sphincter, Artificial