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Urinary Incontinence

Research from New York University Has Provided New Information about Urinary Incontinence

Published in Blood Weekly, April 26th, 2012

2012 APR 26 -- In this recent report, researchers in New York City, New York conducted a study "To determine the impact of anti-incontinence surgical procedures (artificial urinary sphincter [AUS] or male sling) on bother due to urinary incontinence (UI) during sexual activity after radical prostatectomy (RP). Between October 2000 and December 2007, 27 men in a large single-surgeon RP series underwent anti-incontinence surgery with an AUS or male sling."

"In all, 16 of these 27 men completed a questionnaire retrospectively capturing bother attributable to UI during arousal and orgasm and the impact of the AUS/male sling on UI and sexual quality of life...

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