Urology
Volume 72, Issue 6 , Pages 1280-1286 , December 2008

Return to Continence After Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: A Randomized Trial of Verbal and Written Instructions Versus Therapist-Directed Pelvic Floor Muscle Therapy

  • Katherine N. Moore

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Katherine N. Moore, Ph.D., R.N., 3rd Floor Clinical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2G3, Canada
    • ,
  • Luc Valiquette

      Affiliations

    • Université de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael P. Chetner

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Stephen Byrniak

      Affiliations

    • Urology, St. Joseph's Hospital, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
    • ,
  • G. Peter Herbison

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand

Received 16 August 2007 ,Accepted 5 December 2007.

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 Funded by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, the Northern Alberta Urology Foundation, and Pfizer Corporation (unrestricted).

PII: S0090-4295(07)02605-2

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.12.034

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 6 , Pages 1280-1286 , December 2008

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