Problems of classification and reporting of complications of surgical treatment of urinary incontinence in men

Stress urinary incontinence extremely negatively affects the quality of life of patients who underwent surgical treatment of malignant and benign tumors of the prostate. Surgical treatment of incontinence usually involves implantation of an artificial urinary sphincter or sling which can also cause complications. Reporting and classification of surgical complications after urinary incontinence treatment are important for systemization, evaluation, and comparison of different studies and techniques, and the current surgical Clavien-Dindo classification of complications does not take into account specifics of management of these patients and the role of infection. The developed classification is based on the principle of grading of complications depending on treatment used for its elimination (if it requires invasive intervention or not) and considers specifics of complications accompanied by infection.