Soon Prostate Cancer Surgery Don’t Lead to Incontinence
July 24th, 2008 Posted in prostatectomyAccording to statistics, about 20% of men who underwent prostate surgery developed urinary incontinence postoperatively, with some of them continuing to have problems more than a year later.
Because the proximal sphincter is sometimes removed during prostatectomy, urinary continence depends on the integrity of the downstream (distal) sphincter.
The good news is that the surgeons who perform this operation are working to come up with better techniques to cure the cancer while preserving the bladder’s integrity. New surgical techniques allow surgeons to remove the prostate while leaving the distal sphincter muscle unscathed. Alternative, non-surgical techniques also can help men avoid incontinence.
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