Risk of urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy.
Of 143 prostatic cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy 38 had undergone transurethral resection of the prostate before the prostatectomy. After radical prostatectomy 5 per cent of the patients who did not have a resection and 8.1 per cent of those who did were severely incontinent. This difference is not statistically significant.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012306:Risk; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology*