SATURN: A European, Prospective, Multicentre Registry for Male Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgery

Frank Martens; John Heesakkers; Frank Van der Aa; Nikesh Thiruchelvam; Wim Witjes; Christien Caris; Joni Kats; Rizwan Hamid; EAU Research Foundation SATURN Registry Study Group

doi:10.1016/j.euros.2023.09.011

SATURN: A European, Prospective, Multicentre Registry for Male Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgery

Eur Urol Open Sci. 2023 Oct 6:57:91-97. doi: 10.1016/j.euros.2023.09.011. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Authors

Frank Martens¹, John Heesakkers^{1

2}, Frank Van der Aa³, Nikesh Thiruchelvam⁴, Wim Witjes⁵, Christien Caris⁵, Joni Kats⁵, Rizwan Hamid⁶; EAU Research Foundation SATURN Registry Study Group

Collaborators

EAU Research Foundation SATURN Registry Study Group:
F Van der Aa, K Everaert, K Van Renterghem, S Van Bruwaene, S De Wachter, R Zachoval, T Hüsch, F Queissert, M Fisch, J Martinez-Salamanca, J Romero-Otero, D Castro Diaz, I Puche-Sanz, J Gago, E Lledó, S Arlandis, A Fraile Poblador, A Romero Hoyuela, J M Gómez de Vicente, K A O Tikkinen, R Hamid, N Thiruchelvam, A Sahai, E Sacco, J Heesakkers, F Martens, L De Kort, O J Nilsen, J M Pedersen

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
² Department of Urology, Maastricht UMC, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Urology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Urology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals Trust, Cambridge, UK.
⁵ EAU Research Foundation, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Urology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK.

Abstract

Surgery for male incontinence with artificial urinary sphincters and slings (SATURN) is a prospective, multicentre registry (observational cohort) for male stress urinary incontinence surgery to collect prospective data from multiple European centres and surgeons, to evaluate the short- and long-term success and the impact on quality of life.

Keywords: Implant; Males; Postprostatectomy incontinence; Registry; Stress urinary incontinence; Surgery.