BJU Int: After radical prostatectomy, which patients need surgical intervention for urinary incontinence?

Patient-reported results (PROs) can be used to assess the impact of prostate cancer treatment on patients’ symptoms, functional outcomes, and quality of life

Recently, researchers from the United States published an article in "BJU Int" to investigate whether the urinary incontinence and distress scores reported by patients after radical prostatectomy will lead to subsequent urinary incontinence surgical interventions

Researchers identified men who were diagnosed with prostate cancer at the British National Health Service between April 2014 and January 2016

The study ultimately included 11,290 men who had undergone radical prostatectomy

The results of urinary distress reported by patients under different urinary incontinence scores

In summary, a large number of men suffer from severe and disturbing urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy, and the clinical needs of urinary incontinence surgery have not been met

Original source:

Matthew G Parry, Ted A Skolarus, Julie Nossiter et al.