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Long-Term Outcome of the Pippi Salle Procedure for Intractable Urinary Incontinence in Patients with Severe Intrinsic Urethral Sphincter Deficiency.

Journal of Urology 2015 November
PURPOSE: We evaluated the long-term outcome of the Pippi Salle procedure in patients with severe intrinsic urethral sphincter deficiency.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed the Pippi Salle procedure in 6 males and 6 females with severe intrinsic sphincter deficiency between March 2003 and August 2013. Median patient age was 15 years (range 6 to 45). Mean followup was 75 months (range 17 to 142). Six males and 3 females had neurogenic intrinsic sphincter deficiency (spina bifida in 8 and spinal cord injury in 1). Three females had anatomical intrinsic sphincter deficiency (idiopathic bladder hypoplasia in 2 and pseudo-ureterocele in 1). Four patients had previously undergone bladder neck surgery, 3 had been treated with endoscopic injection of collagen, 2 had undergone fascial sling and 1 had been treated with tension-free vaginal tape surgery. The Pippi Salle procedure was performed alone (2 patients), or in combination with bladder augmentation (4) or catheterizable abdominal stoma (1), or both (5).

RESULTS: Complete dryness was achieved in 7 patients (58%). Of 9 patients with neurogenic intrinsic sphincter deficiency 7 (78%) achieved complete dryness. Eight patients experienced complications, including continued urinary incontinence (5), difficulty catheterizing per urethra (3) and urinary calculi (1). These 8 patients were successfully treated with additional endoscopic interventions, including injection of collagen in 4, injection of dextranomer-hyaluronic acid in 1, transurethral incision of urethral kink in 3 and vesicolithotripsy in 1. After these simple interventions complete dryness was achieved in all 12 patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Although we experienced some minor complications in the short term, most patients were simply and successfully treated with endoscopic surgery. The long-term results of the Pippi Salle procedure are promising.

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