Aydın Sayılan A, Özbaş A. The Effect of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training On Incontinence Problems After Radical Prostatectomy.
Am J Mens Health 2018. [PMID:
29540090 PMCID:
PMC6131443 DOI:
10.1177/1557988318757242]
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Abstract
The aim of the current study was to determine the effect of pelvic floor muscle
exercises (PFME/Kegel) training administered to patients scheduled for
robot-assisted radical prostatectomy on postprocedural incontinence
problems.
This study was a randomized controlled trial. Pelvic floor muscle exercises were
applied to the procedure group three times a day for 6 months. No exercises were
applied to the control group. Incontinence and quality-of-life assessments of
the 60 patients in the experimental and control groups were performed on months
0 (10 days after removal of the urinary catheter), 1, 3, and 6 through
face-to-face and telephone interviews.
Total Incontinence Consultation on Incontinence-Short Form scores, which provide
an objective criterion for the evaluation of individuals with incontinence
problems, decreased over time. This decrease was statistically highly
significant in the third and sixth months.
Pelvic muscle floor exercises are suitable for patients experiencing incontinence
after radical prostatectomy.
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