Expert discusses prevesical vs ectopic placement of IPP reservoir

In this video, from the 2024 Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) Fall Scientific Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, Mohit Khera, MD, MBA, MPH, discusses the paper “Comparing Preliminary Demographics and Patient Satisfaction by Location of 3-Piece IPP Reservoir: It Matters.” Khera is a professor of urology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and the current president of the SMSNA

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Please provide an overview of this study and its notable findings.

The study is really based on a registry study called the It MATTERS registry, sponsored by Boston Scientific. Essentially, it's looking at the placement of implants and reservoirs and overall satisfaction. The abstract that I'm presenting today is looking at the difference between placing a reservoir in the prevesical space vs an ectopic placement. What we found [with] 78 patients [was] that patient satisfaction was the same whether you place it in the prevesical space or the ectopic space. Now, realize that patients who did have a radical prostatectomy were more likely to have an ectopic placement. But despite that, there were really no differences between the 2.

What is the take-home message for the practicing urologist?

The take-home message, really, is it doesn't matter whether you put the reservoir in the ectopic location or the prevesical location. Patients tend to be satisfied in both locations.

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