I had one fitted in January 23. Fairly painless procedure. Activated 6 weeks later and........... it didn't work. big disappointment! X-ray showed that the 'clip' had failed on the sphincter and it had opened up instead of being wrapped around the urethra. Basically, it was NBG.
They gave me a quick(ish) turn around and a second AUS procedure, fitting a completely new AUS in August and activated early October.
Instant cure! Transformative! Got my like back in a way I thought gone for good. Minimal drippage, no more thick and heavy pads, can walk past a loo without stopping. No leakage when horizontal jogging.
The surgeon suggested that they had never had a failure of the AUS before and she intended to circuate the information regarding the failure to her contemporaries. It was gutting when it didn't work but the Mk 2 version has been everything that I had hoped for and more.
My incontinence was 'continuous drippage' when upright and active - as opposed to 'caught short and can't hold on any longer' if that makes sense. Prostatectomy on 2018 followed by hormmone treatment and radiotherapy in 2019. I had the whole nine yards of possible treatments. Was a bit leaky after the operation but the radio killed off any recovery. I could fill my bladder overnight but as soon as I stood up the drip would start. I very rarely needed to pee if up and about, it dripped away as soon as it arrived
As far as the AUS is concerned - Its brilliant. For my situation,can't recommend it too highly.