Implementation of Physical Therapist Services for Men Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy: An Administrative Case Report.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among men in the USA, and radical prostatectomy (RP) is the primary surgical treatment option. With an increasing number of men undergoing RP and surviving prostate cancer, clinical management strategies have broadened to improve the preoperative and postoperative patient experience and minimize treatment-related functional consequences. Urinary incontinence is a predictable functional consequence of RP. Recent reviews recommend preoperative and postoperative physical therapist services as the standard of care for men undergoing RP to decrease the severity of urinary incontinence and improve patients' quality of life. Despite compelling evidence, the routine provision of physical therapist services preoperatively and p

SUBMITTER: Wolden M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11494373 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature