Pelvic floor exercises after radical prostatectomy

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. Treatment with radical prostatectomy may produce risk factors that commonly include urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction. Post-prostatectomy incontinence can be classified as either stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence or post-micturition dribble. Evidence has shown that these embarrassing conditions may be treated successfully with pre-operative and post-operative pelvic floor exercises, which include 'the knack', urge suppression, fluid advice and a post-void contraction for post-micturition dribble. New evidence suggests that men with erectile dysfunction may benefit from the same pelvic floor exercises.