In this study, we aimed at evaluating the long-term adjustable peri-urethral balloons (PUB) durability in both male and female with neurogenic or non-neurogenic stress urinary incontinence.
Each consecutive patient who underwent surgery for PUB placement before 2008 was included in this study. A PUB was proposed for patients with refractory to perineal reeducation stress urinary incontinence (SUI) caused by intrinsic sphincter deficiency. There were no exclusion criteria. Demographic, clinical and perioperative data were collected retrospectively from our clinical follow-up notes.
A total of 177 patients were included in the study. Median [IQR] follow-up was 5 years [1.8-11.2]. The 3 main causes of SUI were radical prostatectomy (n=82, 46.3%), idiopathic intrinsic sphincter deficiency (n=55, 31.1%) and neurogenic sphincter deficiency (n=32, 18.1%). Complete continence (no pad necessary) was achieved for 109 patients (61.6%). At the end of the follow-up, the PUB global survival rate was 47.5% (Fig. 1). Median [IQR] PUB survival without removal was 57.8 months [42.3-81.7]. PUB survival without failure rate was 68.4% accounting for a median [IQR] survival duration of 116.9 months [86.2-176.9] CONCLUSION: In this study, we evidenced acceptable long-term efficiency and survival of PUB in the management of SUI in both neurogenic and non-neurogenic population. Given those results it could be a good alternative to AUS on unfit or unwilling population.
Progres en urologie : journal de l'Association francaise d'urologie et de la Societe francaise d'urologie. 2022 Dec 24 [Epub ahead of print]
M Ruggiero, U Pinar, M-B Popelin, X Rod, P Denys, A Bazinet, E Chartier-Kastler
Sorbonne université, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, department of urology, Paris, France., Université Paris Saclay, hôpital R.-Poincaré, AP-HP, neurourology department, Garches, France., Sorbonne université, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, department of urology, Paris, France. Electronic address: .