Lower urinary tract reconstruction by augmentation cystoplasty and insertion of artificial urinary sphincter cuff only: long term follow-up.

OBJECTIVES: To review retrospectively our long-term experience with augmentation cystoplasty and simultaneously insertion of artificial urinary sphincter cuff only for lower urinary tract reconstruction in cases of mixed bladder and sphincteric dysfunction. We tried to assess the postoperative continence status, as well as the associated morbidity, focusing upon infections, urethral erosion and revision rates. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eleven …