BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) is said to provide excellent long-term continence. In this study, we compared the early incontinence outcomes of our patients, who had undergone no reconstruction, posterior reconstruction only, or total anatomic restoration and posterior reconstruction. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the patients who und...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the influence of preservation of the muscular internal sphincter and proximal urethra on continence recovery after radical prostatectomy (RP). MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty-five consecutive patients with organ confined prostate cancer were submitted to RP with the preservation of muscular internal sphincter and the proximal urethra (group 1) and compared to 55 patients sub...

PURPOSE We evaluated urinary continence using a validated questionnaire in a series of consecutive patients who underwent robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, and identified the preoperative predictors of the return to urinary continence. MATERIALS AND METHODS The clinical records of 308 consecutive patients who underwent robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy for cli...

OBJECTIVES To perform a preliminary clinical investigation to determine the safety and efficacy of a novel artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) with conditional occlusion for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. METHODS Male patients with urodynamically proven stress urinary incontinence after a prostatectomy were implanted with the novel AUS. They were followed up over a period of 12 ...

Although incontinence is common in hospital, the prevalence and predictors of continence aid use (continence wear catheters) are poorly described. A one-day cross-sectional study was conducted a large university hospital assessing consecutive inpatients (?55) for their pre-admission current aids. Barthel Index, Clinical Frailty Scale Charlson Co-morbidity scores were recorded. Appropriateness d...

PURPOSE The purpose of this integrative review is to identify the best nurse-managed continence care strategies among rehabilitation patients from the current body of evidence. DESIGN The newly designed 2015 Competency Model for Professional Rehabilitation Nursing serves as a conceptual framework to categorize evidence-based recommendations for continence care into the four domains of the mod...

OBJECTIVE To examine in depth the views and experiences of continence service leads in England on key service and continence management characteristics in order to identify and to improve our understanding of barriers to a good-quality service and potential facilitators to develop and to improve services for older people with urinary incontinence (UI). DESIGN Qualitative semistructured interv...

background: prostate cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and will include about 30% of all malignancies in men.since the initial report of the anatomic radical prostatectomy, refinements in the surgical technique have been made. several studies showthat bladder neck preservation (bnp) during radical prostatectomy makes improve early return of urinary continence, erectile function o...

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PURPOSE We characterized continence, satisfaction and adverse events in women at least 5 years after Burch urethropexy or fascial sling with longitudinal followup of randomized clinical trial participants. MATERIALS AND METHODS Of 655 women who participated in a randomized surgical trial comparing the efficacy of the Burch and sling treatments 482 (73.6%) enrolled in this long-term observatio...