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Can preoperative behavioral training reduce postprostatectomy incontinence?

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boxed-textBurgio KL et al. (2006) Preoperative biofeedback assisted behavioral training to decrease post-prostatectomy incontinence: a randomized, controlled trial. J Urol 175: 196–201

Preoperative behavioral training with biofeedback improves overall continence rates and time to regain control, and should be offered to patients before radical prostatectomy

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    Brian J Miles & Mohit Khera

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Miles, B., Khera, M. Can preoperative behavioral training reduce postprostatectomy incontinence?. Nat Rev Urol 3, 302–303 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0486

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