Urinary prostheses for the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence ranged from simple to adjustable bulbourethral compressing devices to complex artificial urinary sphincter. Those devices have remarkably evolved since the 1950s. In this article, we review the story of a patient who experienced this device evolution. His history provides us with the opportunity to retrieve the historical transformation of the incontinence prostheses around time. Moreover, this patient story challenges us on those devices past and present limitations.
Progres en urologie : journal de l'Association francaise d'urologie et de la Societe francaise d'urologie. 2022 Jul 12 [Epub ahead of print]
N Mokhtari, A Bazinet, U Pinar, M Ruggiero, G Robain, E Chartier-Kastler
Urologie, Sorbonne université, hôpital universitaire Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France., Urologie, Sorbonne université, hôpital universitaire Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France; Department of Urology, University of Montreal, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Canada. Electronic address: ., Médecine physique et réadaptation, Sorbonne université, hôpital Rotschild, Paris, France.