Abstract
Iatrogenic male stress urinary incontinence (SUI) affects a small proportion of men who undergo urological procedures but has a profound impact on their quality of life. The prevalence of post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence (PPI) varies from 2.5 to 87 %. In the more recent series this is reported as 2–10 % (Haab et al. Urol Clin North Am 23:447–57; 1996, Majoros et al. Neurourol Urodyn 25:2–7; 2006). Incontinence can also occur in 1 % of patients undergoing surgical treatment for bladder outflow obstruction secondary to benign prostatic enlargement (Haab et al. Urol Clin North Am 23:447–57; 1996). The treatment of male SUI is continuing to evolve with multiple different surgical options. This chapter covers the increasingly popular option of using male urethral slings in men with SUI.
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Nayar, C., Hashim, H. (2016). Male Urethral Slings. In: Muneer, A., Pearce, I., Ralph, D. (eds) Prosthetic Surgery in Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13859-6_15
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