%0 Journal Article
%T Surgical technique using AdVance£¿ Sling placement in the treatment of post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence
%A Rapp
%A David E.
%A Reynolds
%A W. Stuart
%A Lucioni
%A Alvaro
%A Bales
%A Gregory T.
%J International braz j urol
%D 2007
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia
%R 10.1590/S1677-55382007000200015
%X objectives: to describe and illustrate a new minimally invasive approach to the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence following prostatectomy. surgical technique: our initial experience consisted of four patients treated with the advance sling for post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence. sling placement involves the following steps: 1. urethral dissection and mobilization, 2. identification of surgical landmarks, 3. placement of needle passers through the obturator foramen, 4. mesh advancement, 5. mesh tensioning and fixation, 6. incision closure. comments: based on our initial experience, we believe that the advance male sling system may be a safe technique for the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence. this technique is easy to perform and may offer a reproducible, transobturator approach. further patient accrual is ongoing to assess the safety and reproducibility of this technique. also, additional study will focus on efficacy standards and complication rates.
%K prostatectomy
%K urinary incontinence
%K stress
%K prostheses and implants
%K suburethral slings.
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