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Category
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Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) / Voiding Dysfunction |
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Keywords
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Male incontinence Radical Prostatectomy Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy |
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Target Audience
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Urologists and Physiotherapists exposed to patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (whichever technique). |
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Aims and Objectives
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Despite surgical improvement, radical prostatectomy isn´t free of complications, urinary incontinence remaining the most important. When salvage radiotherapy is applied, an additional risk factor is added. Finally, some patients develop a difficult situation: stenosis of anastomosis.
To give a comprehensive management, one should adapt to the resources available or provide a reasonable referral. Ideally this should be done in a team-based approach.
The objectives are:
- To explain surgical techniques that decrease the risk of incontinence and diagnostic methods and treatment for incontinence.
- To explain the role of pre and post behavioural therapy to improve the functional outcome
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