Case report of deep vein thrombosis caused by artificial urinary sphincter reservoir compressing right external iliac vein

Artificial urinary sphincters (AUSs) are commonly used after radical prostatectomy for those who are incontinent of urine. However, they are associated with complications, the most common being reservoir uprising or migration. We present a unique case of occlusive external iliac and femoral vein obstruction by the AUS reservoir causing thrombosis. Deflation of the reservoir and anticoagulation has, thus far, not been successful at decreasing thrombus burden. We present this case as a rare, but significant surgical complication; explore the risk factors that may have contributed, and other potential endovascular therapies to address this previously unreported AUS complication.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Urology Annals

• Publication date

  2015-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4103/0974-7796.148651PMID 25657561PMCID 4310100
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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