Esquinas C, Arance I, Pamplona J, Moraga A, Dorado JF, Angulo JC. Treatment of stress urinary incontinence after prostatectomy with the adjustable transobturator male system (ATOMS®) with preattached scrotal port.
Actas Urol Esp 2018;
42:473-482. [PMID:
29642999 DOI:
10.1016/j.acuro.2018.02.005]
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a significant sequela of prostate cancer surgery. In this article, we present the surgical technique and safety and efficacy of the adjustable transobturator male system (ATOMS®) with preattached scrotal port.
MATERIAL AND METHOD
An open prospective study was conducted at a university hospital with the main objective of changing the baseline condition after adjustment in the daily pad count and their wet weight (pad test). The secondary objectives were the quality-of-life assessment (International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form [ICIQ-SF] and Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7 [IIQ-7], baseline and after the adjustment), patient-perceived results (Patient Global Index [PGI] and Global Response Assessment [GRA] at 1 year) and assessment of complications according to Clavien-Dindo. The numerical values are expressed in median ± IQR.
RESULTS
We analysed 60 consecutive patients with a follow-up of 21±22 months. The baseline pad-test was 465±450mL, and the pad-count was 5+3 pads/day. The baseline SUI was mild (11.6% of patients), moderate (25%) and severe (63.3%). The operative time was 60±25min, the hospital stay was 1±0 days, and the visual analogue scale of pain on day 1 after surgery was 0±1. The total filling was 16.5±7mL, and the number of refillings was 1±2. The pad-test and pad-count after the adjustment were 0±20mL and 0±1, respectively (both p<.0001 compared with baseline). SUI disappeared (81.7%) or remained mild (11.7%), moderate (5%) or severe (1.6%). We observed a reduction in the ICIQ-SF (p<.0001) and IIQ-7 scores (p=.0003). Both continence (p=.002) and satisfaction (p=.03) were lower in the irradiated patients. Complications occurred in 11 cases (18.6%), 8 (13.5%) of which were grade I and 3 (5.1%) of which were grade 3. The treatment satisfaction rate was 91.7%, and the patient-perceived overall improvement at 1 year was highly pronounced (PGI-I score, 1±1; GRA, 6±1).
CONCLUSIONS
SUI treatment of men using third-generation ATOMS® is safe and effective in the short-term, even in patients with severe SUI. The rate of dry patients after the adjustment exceeded 80%, and the satisfaction rates exceeded 90%. The patients assessed this treatment highly positively.
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