This retrospective review evaluated outcomes of penoscrotal (PS) and perineal artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) placement. A total of 120 patients available for follow-up underwent single-cuff AUS ...

Anal sphincter defects are a common cause of faecal incontinence, with obstetric injuries in female patients accounting for the majority. [15] The results from previous studies [4,5] show that early ...

A woman in France has become the first female to receive an automated artificial sphincter device for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Grenoble, France-based UroMems developed the ...

It’s true! In fact, you have more than fifty sphincters in your entire body, and most of them have nothing to do with controlling your bowel movements. Case in point: the sphincter that helps control ...

IN recent years, surgeons who operate upon patients for biliary-tract disease have become increasingly aware of the significant role of obstruction of the common duct at the sphincter of Oddi. This ...

Another milestone for custom-crafted transplants: the world’s first lab-built sphincters. The breakthrough offers hope to countless people who have become incontinent through damage to their own ...