Abstract
Urinary incontinence (UI), defined as the involuntary leakage of urine sufficient to be a problem, afflicts approx 13 to 14 million Americans and, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), 11 million of them are women. One half of the residents of nursing homes are incontinent. In 1995, Americans spent approx $27.8 billion on the management of UI. Based on NIDDK statistics, the average patient with UI spent $3941 annually on the problem.
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Fishman, I.J., Scott, F.B. (2002). Female Incontinence and the Artificial Urinary Sphincter. In: Carson, C.C. (eds) Urologic Prostheses. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-096-4_18
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