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Sling, or artificial urinary sphincter?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 3 1:06pm | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
@maumee1967
With that much pad use the AUS makes a lot more sense. If your PSA starts to rise and you need radiation, then the sling doesn’t even work well. Sling is a lot less effective than the AUS.
There are the number people here that have had the AUS and have been very pleased with it. I’m getting one installed in April. Had surgery and my PSA rose so I had salvage radiation. The only option is the AUS for me.
Since you have not had radiation, there is another option. The ProACT device works quite well and a few people in this forum have used it and it worked well for them. Urologist that have used this device have been very happy with it. Like the sling it does not work with radiation to the prostate bed because that hardens the urethra
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@jeffmarc
Thanks for the reply. My PSA jumped from .20 in July to .23 at the end of the year. The PET scan showed some small “hot spots” and I have an appointment Wednesday morning to get started with the CT simulation before radiation. My thought is to get the radiation out of the way and worry about the type of surgery after I get rid of the cancer.