[Prosthetic management of urinary incontinence following prostatectomy with special reference to Kaufman's...

Issuing from the pathophysiological fundaments of the incontinence after operative sanation of the outlet of the urinary bladder the principal surgico-prosthetic possibilities for the removal of this complication are describes: 1. artificial systems of the sphincter with arbitrary increase and decrease of the occlusion pressure of the proximal urethra, 2. permanent compression of the bulbar urethra. On the last mentioned principle is based the incontinence prosthesis after Kaufman, which in its rate of success corresponds to the artificial sphincter systems.