De Novo Urinary Storage Symptoms Are Common after Radical Prostatectomy: Incidence, Natural History and Predictors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

After radical prostatectomy (RP), clinical complaints of new onset storage symptoms may be related to anastomotic strictures or may accommodate for stress urinary incontinence; however, a subgroup of men will experience de novo storage symptoms in the absence of stricture or stress urinary incontinence. As therapies for overactive bladder have improved, we sought to assess the prevalence, natural history and risk factors of de novo storage dysfunction in continent men.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively analyzed urinary symptom questionnaires completed by patients who were continent prior to RP and did not have postoperative anastomotic strictures at our institution from 2002 to 2019. De novo storage dysfunction, assessed as new onset or wo

SUBMITTER: Kan KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031753 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature