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Artificial Sphincter

LuckyKYGuy
LuckyKYGuy CSN Member Posts: 59 Member

I’ve looked thru the topics here and don’t see much info post 2022

Meet with my Dr in a couple weeks and he said last time we’d discuss Artificial Sphincter.

Looking for details from those who have had it done Pros? Cons? Recovery time? Painful? Would you do it again?

Comments

  • Josephg
    Josephg CSN Member Posts: 585 Member
    edited March 4 #2

    There's plenty of good content on this topic on this Board, and I don't know why anything would be materially different today, than say before 2022. All of the details that you are looking for are already here. Other folks on this Board may be able to offer more recent comments on this topic.

    To assist you in searching, I'll offer these links to you:

    http://csn.cancer.org/comment/1324584#comment-1324584

    http://csn.cancer.org/comment/1326323#comment-1326323

    http://csn.cancer.org/comment/1339326#comment-1339326

    http://csn.cancer.org/comment/1339561#comment-1339561

    http://csn.cancer.org/comment/1344785#comment-1344785

    http://csn.cancer.org/comment/1413239#comment-1413239