ArticleTurkish journal of urology2021
Comparison of the effect of the pelvic floor muscle biofeedback prior or postradical prostatectomy on urinary incontinence: A randomized controlled trial.
Article in Turkish journal of urology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The impact of using electromyographic biofeedback on pelvic floor rehabilitation in men with post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence: a meta-analysis.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2025Pooled it
- Conservative interventions for managing urinary incontinence after prostate surgery.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Urinary incontinence rehabilitation of after radical prostatectomy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Physiotherapy for Urinary Incontinence After Radical Prostatectomy: Current Evidence and Therapeutic Challenges.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Physiotherapy as an Effective Method to Support the Treatment of Male Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the pre- and postoperative effects of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and the biofeedback method on the management of urinary incontinence (UI) in patients who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP). MATERIAL AND
methodsFifty-seven patients were enrolled in this study from September 2019 to July 2020. They were randomly divided into three groups each of 19 patients: two case groups (biofeedback before and after RP) and a control group. All patients underwent RP, followed by PFMT and 24-hour pad use instructions after the postoperative removal of the Foley catheter. Then, the rate of patient-reported pads/day usage was recorded and compared among the three groups at the end of the 1st, 3rd, and 6th months of catheter removal.
resultsCompared with the control group (only 15%), 63 and 52% of the patients who used pre- or postoperative treatment interventions, respectively, regained urinary continence during the first postoperative period, showing significant downward rates of pads/day use (P ¼ .01 and .001, respectively). However, the results were not significant between the two case groups.
conclusionOur study revealed that applying the biofeedback method for pelvic floor muscles could be an efficient interventional approach in patients with UI, leading to the earlier regaining of continence following RP.
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