Neurogenic stress urinary incontinence management. From past to recent techniques: What have we learnt?

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Artificial urinary sphincter; Histoire de l’urologie; Incontinence urinaire effort; Neuro-urologie; Neurourology; Sphincter urinaire artificiel; Stress urinary incontinence; Urology history.