MANAGEMENT OF CUFF EROSION OF THE DOUBLE CUFF ARTIFICIAL URINARY SPHINCTER

PURPOSE: We report on a series of patients with erosion of 1 cuff of an AMS800 double cuff artificial urinary sphincter and determine the success rate of removing the eroded cuff, leaving the other components behind and converting the device to a single cuff system. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 9 patients with a double cuff artificial sphincter 1 eroded cuff was removed and the system was converted to a single cuff sphincter. RESULTS: Followup was based on an incontinence scoring system. In 1 patient the remaining cuff was removed because it also eroded. In another patient a wound infection developed 5 months after placement and the entire device was removed. The remaining 7 patients had better continence scores than before artificial sphincter placement but each remarked that continence was better with 2 cuffs. CONCLUSIONS: An eroded cuff of a double cuff artificial urinary sphincter system can be successfully removed and the device can be converted to a single cuff system.