Effect of manual lymph drainage in addition to guidelines and exercise therapy on arm lymphoedema related to breast cancer: randomised controlled trial

Objective To determine the preventive effect of manual lymph drainage on the development of lymphoedema related to breast cancer

First comment on 2013-OG12312R1: ’Twelve-year follow-up of conservative management of postnatal urinary and faecal incontinence and prolapsed outcomes: randomized controlled trial

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Pelvic floor muscle training after prostate surgery

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Reply from Authors re: David F. Penson. Post-prostatectomy Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Muscle Training: A Defining Problem.

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Pelvic floor muscle training reduces erectile dysfunction and climacturia one year after open and robot radical prostatectomy: a randomized controlled trial

This study aimed to determine whether patients with persistent erectile dysfunction (ED), minimum 12 months after radical prostatectomy (RP), experienced a better recovery of erectile function (EF) with pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) compared with patients without this intervention. Second, we aimed to investigate the effect of PFMT on climacturia. All patients, who underwent RP, with persistent ED of minimum 1 year post operation were eligible. The treatment group started PFMT immediately at 12 months post operation and the control group started at 15 months after RP. All patients received PFMT during 3 months. The sample size needed to detect with 80% power a 6 points-difference regarding the EF-domain of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF), was at least 12 subjects per group. Patients were evaluated using the IIEF and questioned regarding climacturia. Differences between groups at 15 months were evaluated with Mann-Whitney U-test and Fisher's exact test. As a result, the treatment group had a significantly better EF than the control group at 15 months after surgery (P=0.025). Other subdomains of the IIEF remained constant for both groups. The effect of PFMT was maintained during follow-up. At 15 months, a significantly higher percentage of patients in the treatment group showed an improvement regarding climacturia (P=0.004).status: publishe

EFFICACY OF MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE IN PREVENTING SECONDARY LYMPHEDEMA AFTER BREAST CANCER SURGERY

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De schouderproblematiek bij borstkankerpatiënten en de rol daarvan in de kankerrevalidatie

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Displacements of pelvic floor structures during voluntary pelvic floor muscle contraction in continent and incontinent men after radical prostatectomy measured with transperineal ultrasound

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