ArticleTranslational andrology and urology2020
Preoperative pelvic floor muscle exercise does not reduce the rate of postprostatectomy incontinence: evidence from a meta-analysis and a systematic review.
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- Pelvic floor rehabilitation in cancer survivorship: an umbrella review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Pooled it
- The inequalities and challenges of prehabilitation before cancer surgery: a narrative review.Anaesthesia · 2025Review
- Guiding Clinical Decision Making for Surgical Incontinence Treatment After Prostatectomy: A Review of the Literature.Current urology reports · 2023Review
- [Prehabilitation prior to radical prostatectomy : A useful concept?]Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- A mobile app as support for pelvic floor muscle training started prior to radical prostatectomy.BJUI compass · 2023Article
- Predictors for lower urinary tract symptoms in patients underwent radical prostatectomy: implications for postoperative nursing care.Journal of clinical nursing · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundA growing number of researches suggested that preoperative pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) was beneficial for urinary incontinence (UI) after a prostatectomy. However, these studies are debatable and inconclusive. Hence, this article aimed to determine whether PFME improves UI after a radical prostatectomy (RP).
methodsPubMed, Embase, Medline and Cochrane Library were searched for articles published from 2014 to October 2019 based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA). This study was evaluated based on the Oxford Evidence-Based Medicine Center. A total of 1,269 subjects (experimental group: 628, control group: 641) in 18 studies met the inclusion criteria. In 18 studies, enough quantitative data on postoperative incontinence were available for meta-analysis. UI was analyzed at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months and all comparative studies were pooled using fixed and random effects models. Contour-enhanced funnel plots were used to assess publication bias.
resultsPooled data revealed a total of 1,269 UI patients that underwent preoperative PFME, including PFME (N=628, 49.48%) and control group (N=641, 50.51%). There was no significant difference in the postoperative incontinence rates at 1 month (RR: 0.85, 95% CI: 0.66-1.09, P=0.031, I
conclusionsContrary to previous work, the results presented here indicated that preoperative PFME protocols did not reduce the rate of UI. Further high-quality randomized controlled trials are necessary in the future to verify these findings.
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