← Return to Bladder sling or artificial urinary sphincter. Pros and cons?

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A lot of people that have prostatectomy end up needing salvage radiation within a few years. It took me 3 1/2.

If you do need radiation, then the sling may not continue to work well, I don’t know.

Here is a talk by a doctor that is a specialist in incontinence. It covers all the devices.

Just select browser when it asks for a password
https://cscpasadena-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/a_swift_cancersupportsgv_org/ETp6Pjf45_9CnpeEDOo4KegBv08V7vAyDdDM2M9M3-Zz3Q
It would probably make sense to contact the doctor Humberto Villarreal to try to get more information. He is in Southern California.

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Thank you for the information.