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01-12-2024 | Incontinence Surgery | Letter to the Editor

RE: Baunacke M, et al. Insufficient utilization of care in male incontinence surgery: health care reality in Germany from 2006 to 2020 and a systematic review of the international literature. World J Urol. 2023 Jul;41(7):1813–1819

Authors: Mathilde Brument, Justine Kulawik, Jean-Nicolas Cornu

Published in: World Journal of Urology | Issue 1/2024

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We read with the highest interest the article published by Baunacke et al. about the utilization of care in male incontinence surgery (MIS) over the past two decades [1]. The authors notably reported a drop of 42% in MIS over from 2011 to 2019 due to a brutal decrease of the use of male slings, and they report a global worldwide underuse of MIS based on a non-systematic literature review process. However, we replicated this analysis in the French healthcare system and our findings go partly against the conclusions of Baunacke et al. [1]. …

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Title: RE: Baunacke M, et al. Insufficient utilization of care in male incontinence surgery: health care reality in Germany from 2006 to 2020 and a systematic review of the international literature. World J Urol. 2023 Jul;41(7):1813–1819
Authors: Mathilde Brument
Justine Kulawik
Jean-Nicolas Cornu
Publication date: 01-12-2024
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Incontinence Surgery
Prostatectomy
Prostatectomy
Published in: World Journal of Urology / Issue 1/2024
Print ISSN: 0724-4983
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-023-04756-7

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RE: Baunacke M, et al. Insufficient utilization of care in male incontinence surgery: health care reality in Germany from 2006 to 2020 and a systematic review of the international literature. World J Urol. 2023 Jul;41(7):1813–1819

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