Cornell University's Quick, Innovative Procedure Helps Men Minimize Incontinence After Prostatectomy

NEW YORK (May 11, 2007) — Thousands of men facing surgical removal of the prostate due to cancer may someday have one less thing to worry about: post-surgical urinary incontinence. That's because a team of expert urologic surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center has devised a simple, effective means of reconstructing key anatomical structures that ensure continence.

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