Surgery

Physical changes after radical prostatectomy: The first step to adapting and healing is knowing what can occur and what changes to expect after prostate cancer surgery.

Most people have some stress incontinence after the catheter is taken out. Stress incontinence includes dribbling or leaking of urine and can last a few weeks to a few months.

It’s a good idea to tape the catheter to your thigh with non-allergenic tape. Remember to leave a little slack in the catheter so it doesn’t pull when you stand up or walk.

For patients who need to irrigate at home (after bladder surgery). Irrigating prevents mucous from clogging the catheter tube and building up in your new bladder.

Reading this booklet can help you prepare for your surgery, hospital stay and recovery at home. Radical prostatectomy is a surgery done to treat prostate cancer. A surgeon removes the prostate and the seminal vesicles running through the prostate gland.

An overview of the different types of surgery used to treat prostate cancer. This includes different techniques for radical prostatectomy (surgery to remove the prostate) and other surgeries like cryosurgery and Pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND)

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This brochure provides information on what to expect from this type of treatment as well as how to prepare for a radical prostatectomy surgery for prostate cancer.

A TURP is relatively non-invasive. In this operation, surgeons cut away the extra prostate tissue. Using this link you can download a complete guide to this surgery

Removing the entire prostate gland through surgery, known as a radical prostatectomy, is a common option for men whose cancer has not spread. For men with advanced or recurrent disease, other surgical procedures may be chosen, such as removal of lymph nodes, which are initial landing spots for the spread of prostate cancer.

Erectile dysfunction is a widespread side effect of prostate cancer surgery. Learn why it happens most commonly after surgery.