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Evaluating and managing urinary incontinence after prostatectomy: Beyond pads and diapers

Humphrey O. Atiemo, MD, Louis Moy, MD, Sandip Vasavada, MD and Raymond Rackley, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2007, 74 (1) 57-63;

ABSTRACT

Men who become persistently incontinent after undergoing prostatectomy have a variety of options for regaining control, ranging from behavioral changes to surgery. To determine the best therapy, one should define the problem with a thorough urologic evaluation.

Footnotes

  • ↵* Dr. Atiemo has indicated that he is on the speaker’s bureau of the Pfizer corporation.

  • ↵† Dr. Vasavada has indicated that he serves as a consultant or on the speaker’s bureaus of the Novartis and Pfizer corporations and owns stock in the Neurostim Design and Innovation Medical corporation.

  • ↵‡ Dr. Rackley has indicated that he has received grant or research support from the Allergan and Novartis corporations and the Interstitial Cystitis Association; serves as a consultant or on the speaker’s bureau of the Allergan, American Medical Systems, Astellas, Boston Scientific, Novartis, and Pfizer corporations; and owns stock in the Neurostim Design and Innovation Medical corporation.

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