As slings are the most frequent first-line treatment for management of female urinary incontinence, an artificial urinary sphincter may be indicated in cases of failure and sphincter deficiency. The level of evidence has to improve and prospective studies or new devices are awaited.
European urology focus. 2019 Feb 13 [Epub ahead of print]
Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler, Christine Reus
School of Medicine, Sorbonne Université, Academic Hospital Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France. Electronic address: ., Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.