title: Pelvic floor exercises after radical prostatectomy.
abstract: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. Treatment with radical prostatectomy may produce risk factors that commonly include urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction. Post-prostatectomy incontinence can be classified as either stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence or post-micturition dribble. Evidence has shown that these embarrassing conditions may be treated successfully with pre-operative and post-operative pelvic floor exercises, which include 'the knack', urge suppression, fluid advice and a post-void contraction for post-micturition dribble. New evidence suggests that men with erectile dysfunction may benefit from the same pelvic floor exercises.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Hospital, Taunton, Somerset.
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dorey
mesh_terms: D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017773:Pelvic Floor; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*