Table 2. Patient considerations and intraoperative surgical techniques for the compromised urethra.

Patient optimization and surgical techniques for high-risk patients

Preoperative optimization of testosterone (cohort series)

Penile revascularization (expert opinion)

Avoid placement of 3.5 cm AUS cuff (cohort series)

Transcorporal AUS cuff +/– corporal wrap (cohort series)

Preservation of bulbospangiosus muscle (case report)

Relocation of AUS cuff site (expert opinion)

“Space-safer” AUS (case series)

Lower PRB of 51–60 cmH2O (expert opinion)

Intermittent nocturnal deactivation (case series)

AUS, artificial urinary sphincters; PRB, pressure-regulating balloon.