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Prevalence//Impact on Population
• UI increases anxiety, depression and decreases health related quality of life
• Canadian Continence Foundation estimates 3.5 million Canadians →1.2 millions males
suffer from some form of incontinence
• Radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy and BPH related surgery are causes of
Incontinence after Prostate Treatment (IPT)
• IPT includes most commonly SUI (Stress Urinary Incontinence), UUI (Urge Urinary
Incontinence) and mixed incontinence
• Prostate cancer causes 4 fold increased risk for UI
• Most common incontinence after prostatectomy
• 10-20% vs <2% after TURP or <4% after radiation
• Long term SUI post robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy of 8-16%
Das AK, Kucherov V, Glick L, Chung P. Male urinary incontinence after
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prostate disease treatment. Can J Urol. 2020;27(S3):36-43.
