Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3870176 | The Journal of Urology | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Sensory and motor pudendal innervation to this specific pelvic region did not change after nerve sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy. Significant autonomic afferent denervation of the membranous urethral mucosa was present in most patients postoperatively. Impaired membranous urethral sensitivity seemed to be associated with urinary incontinence, particularly in patients with occasional urinary leakage. Damage to the afferent autonomic innervation may have a role in the continence mechanism after nerve sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy.
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Authors
Marcos Vinicius Guarnieri Catarin, Gilberto Mastrocola Manzano, João A.M. Nóbrega, Fernando G. Almeida, Miguel Srougi, Homero Bruschini,