After Prostate Surgery, Some Men Leak During Sex, New York University Study

Incontinence during sex is a long-lasting problem for roughly one in eight men who’ve had their prostate removed due to cancer, a study of more than 1,400 patients has found. Although the urine leakage resolved for some men over time, 36 percent of them still had the problem -- called climacturia -- two years after surgery. And 12 percent of the men called it a “major bother.” According to the American Cancer Society, one in six men gets prostate cancer at some point in his life, and one in 36 will die from the disease.

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