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Erosions of the artificial urinary sphincter: risk factors, outcomes and management

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boxed-textRaj GV et al. (2006) Outcomes following erosions of the artificial urinary sphincter. J Urol 175: 2186–2190

This study alerts surgeons who perform artificial urinary sphincter implantation of risk factors associated with erosion, and proposes guidelines to improve successful revision surgery

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Diokno, A. Erosions of the artificial urinary sphincter: risk factors, outcomes and management. Nat Rev Urol 3, 580–581 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0610

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