Risk Factors for Artificial Urinary Sphincter Explantation and Erosion in Male Nonneurological Patients.
Alice PitoutPierre LecoanetCharles MazeaudVictor GaillardBaptiste PoussotThibault TricardChristian SaussineThibaut BrierreXavier GameFlorian BeraudXavier BiardeauFranck BruyereDamien RobinMehdi El-AkriDaniel ChevallierTiffany CousinGrégoire CaponJean-Nicolas CornuHugo DupuisHervé MonsaintNicolas HermieuJean-François HermieuPriscilla LéonBenoit PeyronnetImad BentellisPublished in: International neurourology journal (2024)
In this series, conducted in a real-world setting across multiple centers with different volumes and levels of expertise, the median survival without AUS explantation was 83 months. This study confirms that radiotherapy represents the primary independent risk factor for AUS erosion in male nonneurological patients.