Can't stop urinating or have control after prostate removal several years ago. Why?
02/24/09
Friday, February 27, 2009
Hi,
Thanks for your question. Our article on Radical Prostatectomy and Its Complications may have some answers:
"Urinary incontinence is a common complication and a more distressing side effect of surgery for most men than sexual dysfunction. When the urinary catheter is first removed following surgery, nearly all patients lack control of urinary function and will leak urine for at least a few days and sometimes for months. Major medical centers report that continence returns within about 18 months for nearly all men younger than age 70 and in the great majority of men older than 70."
You can read more here: Radical Prostatectomy.
Hope this helps,
Dan
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