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After the prostate is removed the male depends almost exclusively on the external sphincter for the control of urine. The male's body has to "relearn" how to control continence. How much one will leak, how long one will leak, and to what degree one leaks, cannot be predicted. The fear of incontinence along with the fear …
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Please add in the comment section something you did not know and now you do, maybe something you wished you'd known at the beginning of your "decision" process. For me in this category would be this..... the robotic removal of the prostate is usually done intraperitoneal and the open method is extraperitoneal. This means that …
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