SURGEONS WORKSHOP - ANTEGRADE COLLAGEN INJECTION - NEW TECHNIQUE FOR POSTPROSTATECTOMY STRESS-INCONTINENCE

Intraurethral collagen injection has become a recognized modality to t reat stress urinary incontinence, The results of this procedure using the traditional retrograde endoscopic approach have generally been dis appointing for men with sphincteric incontinence after radical prostat ectomy. We describe a new technique of antegrade collagen injection ut ilizing suprapubic percutaneous bladder access to achieve simultaneous antegrade and retrograde endoscopic views of the bladder neck, This n ew injection technique is a promising and simple method of correcting postprostatectomy stress urinary incontinence.