Also, many people are now talking about laparoscopic, or percutaneous, bladder suspension surgery. This is a minimally invasive procedure usually requiring less than a 24-hour hospital stay with local anesthesia. Because these are fairly new procedures, long-term results are not yet available. Before agreeing to a surgical procedure, make sure you understand all of the treatment options that are available to you. Sometimes the leakage is a result of irritation from the catheter that was in place after surgery.
Most men find that the little leakage they do have disappears in four to six months.
When a radical prostatectomy is performed to remove a cancerous prostate, the possibility of incontinence is greater. Some loss of urinary control occurs in almost all cases following surgery for at least four to six weeks. Most often, urine control improves gradually over a period of weeks. Sometimes it may take months and, in some individuals, there may be a permanent problem with bladder leakage that varies from minor leakage with coughing, sneezing, or lifting or more serious leakage that may happen all the time. Collagen is a natural protein found in the body.