Surgery to remove the prostate is used to treat cancer and enlargement of the prostate when it is no longer functioning effectively. The prostate is located at the bottom of the bladder and it helps to maintain continence by reinforcing the bladder and the urethra.
Common symptoms after prostate surgery include; urine urgency and frequency incontinence with cough/sneeze/sit to stand and erectile dysfunction.
Solution: pelvic floor muscle training, rehabilitation of abdominal muscles after surgery, bladder training, erection rehabilitation.