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How much and for how long does the average patient leak after HoLEP?

How do you counsel patients on this?
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Urology · Baylor College of Medicine
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It largely depends on multiple factors

  1. BMI
  2. Age of the patient
  3. Size of the prostate
  4. Fraility

In general, regarding stress incontinence, 70% of patients are completely dry within 2 weeks, and 97% completely dry within 3 months.

Regarding urge incontinence, it depends on whether the patient has OAB b...

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