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Craig V. Comiter

Craig V. Comiter

🇺🇸 United States🏥 Stanford UniversityMD

Training and career​

  • Current position Professor of urology and, by courtesy, obstetrics and gynecology, Stanford University1
  • Medical school Harvard Medical School1
  • Residency Urology, Harvard1
  • Fellowship UCLA1
  • Leadership Clinic chief for Urologic Specialties; director, Program in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford1

Key Publications​

His cited work covers surgical treatment of incontinence after prostate treatment, including selection of male continence procedures, the Virtue sling, and the AUA/SUFU guideline. Other cited papers examine urethral bulking for female stress urinary incontinence and sacral neuromodulation placement strategies.P3P4P5P2P6

  1. Comiter CV, Nitti V, Elliot C, et al. "A New Quadratic Sling for Male Stress Incontinence: Retrograde Leak Point Pressure as a Measure of Urethral Resistance." Journal of Urology. 2012;187(2):563–568. doi

    Virtue quadratic male sling (2012). Co-described a four-arm male sling combining urethral relocation and compression for postprostatectomy stress incontinence.

    Cited on: Virtue Quadratic Male Sling
  2. Comiter CV, Rhee EY, Tu LM, et al. "The Virtue Sling—A New Quadratic Sling for Postprostatectomy Incontinence—Results of a Multinational Clinical Trial." Urology. 2014;84(2):433–439. doi

    Virtue sling fixation trial (2014). Led a multinational trial comparing Virtue sling outcomes before and after addition of a fixation technique.

    Cited on: Virtue Quadratic Male Sling · Male Continence Implant Devices (Sling Family)
  3. Averbeck MA, Woodhouse C, Comiter C, et al. Surgical treatment of post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence in adult men: report from the 6th International Consultation on Incontinence. Neurourol Urodyn. 2019;38(1):398–406. doi
    Cited on: AdVance / AdVance XP — Retrourethral Transobturator Male Sling · Artificial Urinary Sphincter (Procedure) · ATOMS — Adjustable Transobturator Male System
  4. Sun AJ, Harris CR, Comiter CV, Elliott CS. To Stage or Not to Stage? A Cost Minimization Analysis of Sacral Neuromodulation Placement Strategies. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2019;38(6):1783-1791. doi
    Cited on: Medtronic InterStim — Sacral Neuromodulation · Percutaneous Nerve Evaluation
  5. Comiter C. Surgery for postprostatectomy incontinence: which procedure for which patient? Nat Rev Urol. 2015;12(2):91–99. doi
    Cited on: ATOMS — Adjustable Transobturator Male System · Virtue Quadratic Male Sling
  6. Ghoniem G, Corcos J, Comiter C, Westney OL, Herschorn S. Durability of Urethral Bulking Agent Injection for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: 2-Year Multicenter Study Results. The Journal of Urology. 2010;183(4):1444-1449. doi
    Cited on: Macroplastique — Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) · Urethral Bulking Agents

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

4 additional publications with Craig V. Comiter as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Sandhu JS, Breyer B, Comiter C, et al. "Incontinence After Prostate Treatment: AUA/SUFU Guideline." J Urol. 2019;202(2):369–378. doi
    Cited on: AdVance / AdVance XP — Retrourethral Transobturator Male Sling · Artificial Urinary Sphincter (Procedure) · Virtue Quadratic Male Sling
  2. Ghoniem G, Corcos J, Comiter C, et al. Cross-Linked Polydimethylsiloxane Injection for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Results of a Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled, Single-Blind Study. The Journal of Urology. 2009;181(1):204-210. doi
    Cited on: Contigen — Glutaraldehyde Cross-Linked Bovine Collagen · Macroplastique — Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
  3. Zhao CC, Comiter CV, Elliott CS. Perspectives on technology: single-use catheters, evidence and environmental impact. BJU Int. 2024;133(6):638-645. doi
    Cited on: Intermittent Catheters and Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC)
  4. Sandhu JS, Breyer B, Comiter C, et al. "Incontinence After Prostate Treatment: AUA/GURS/SUFU Guideline (2019; amended 2024)." American Urological Association; approved June 2024. Statement 32 and accompanying text on AUS/sling infection and erosion.
    Cited on: Prosthetic Infection and Biofilm Protocols

Footnotes​

  1. Craig V. Comiter. Stanford Medicine. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5