According to another media release issued on Sunday by the European Association of Urology, only 17 percent of a large cohort of Swedish men with prostate cancer who were potent prior to surgery were still potent 18 months post-surgery (whether they had nerve-sparing or non-nerve-sparing surgery). … READ MORE …
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We commented on Friday last week on a paper by Wallerstedt et al. addressing factors affecting risk for urinary continence after radical prostatectomy. One reader had asked us whether we could provide more details about the age breakdown and the rates of urinary incontinence in the patients studied by the Swedish research team. … READ MORE …
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A paper just published in European Urology claims that prostate cancer patients treated with robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) recover continence and sexual function faster than those treated with non-robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (LRP). … READ MORE …
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The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink has long been pointing out the lack of any evidence that men who are treated with robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) will have better outcomes with respect to continence and sexual function than men who elect to have the older, “open” form of radical prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
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A new paper published by researchers from Sweden’s prestigious Karolinska Institute and related institutions makes it increasingly clear that — to date — we haven’t been able to work out (let alone consistently use) a really good way to measure real urinary continence after radical prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
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It will likely be evident to most well-informed prostate cancer patients, support group leaders, and advocates that a man with low-risk, early stage prostate cancer (“favorable histology”) is potentially a good candidate for prostate cancer surgery. … READ MORE …
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One of the constant questions that arises in the management of prostate cancer is just how many patients actually achieve the full “trifecta” (freedom from biochemical progression, pad-free continence, and good erectile function) after surgical treatment for localized disease. … READ MORE …
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A new study just published in The Lancet has reported that — among men who have urinary incontinence 6 weeks after a radical prostatectomy (RP) — formal one-on-one training of patients by expert therapists does not in fact reduce the rate of continence at 12 months compared to patients in a control group. … READ MORE …
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We are coming to the conclusion that there is a deep divide between how some surgeons think about post-surgical incontinence following radical prostatectomy for their prostate cancer and how patients may think about such incontinence when defined by exactly the same set of clinical symptoms and quality of life issues. … READ MORE …
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The clinical research team at the Martini Clinical in Hamburg, Germany have just published an interesting report on the importance of the “functional length” of the urethral sphincter and stabilization of its anatomic position within the pelvic floor in relation to post-surgical continence after a radical prostatectomy (RP). … READ MORE …
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An article published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association has documented the value of Kegel exercises (with or without biofeedback and pelvic floor electrical stimulation) on recovery of continence after a radical prostatectomy (RP) — in men with persistent incontinence post-surgery. … READ MORE …
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In today’s news reports we address recent publications on:
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The issue of complete continence after radical prostatectomy is a subject that few in the urologic surgery community have addressed in thorough detail. However, a new article based on data from a single-institution series of patients at the University of Chicago may have finally opened the doors to some honesty about this topic. … READ MORE …
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A group of German researchers has developed a method to predict the duration of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy based on potential risk factors. … READ MORE …
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Today’s reports include information on:
In a separate report we have dealt with a paper on the use of salvage brachytherapy for men with biochemical recurrence following first-line external beam radiation therapy. … READ MORE …
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