Male Stress Urinary Incontinence

This book aims to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of male stress urinary incontinence that will serve as a useful tool and reference for urologists, andrologists, physiotherapists, general practitioners, and nurses. Detailed information is p

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Giulio Del Popolo Donatella Pistolesi Vincenzo Li Marzi Editors

Male Stress Urinary Incontinence

Urodynamics, Neurourology and Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions

The aim of the book series is to highlight new knowledge on physiopathology, diagnosis and treatment in the fields of pelvic floor dysfunctions, incontinence and neurourology for specialists (urologists, gynecologists, neurologists, pediatricians, physiatrists), nurses, physiotherapists and institutions such as universities and hospitals.

Giulio Del Popolo • Donatella Pistolesi Vincenzo Li Marzi Editors

Male Stress Urinary Incontinence

Editors Giulio Del Popolo Neuro-Urology Department AOU Careggi University Hospital Firenze Italy

Vincenzo Li Marzi Department Urology AOU Careggi University Hospital Firenze Italy

Donatella Pistolesi Urology Department AOU Pisa University Hospital Pisa Italy

Urodynamics, Neurourology and Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions ISBN 978-3-319-19251-2 ISBN 978-3-319-19252-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-19252-9

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Foreword

I am very pleased to introduce this book on male incontinence for three reasons: first and foremost because it is the first of the series Urodynamics, Neurourology and Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions originating from a collaboration between Springer and the Italian Society of Urodynamics which aims to treat various topics of functional urology in a straightforward but thoroughgoing way. The second reason is because male incontinence is a much in discussion at present. Until a few years ago, urinary incontinence, especially stress incontinence, was mainly a female problem. In recent years, due to the increasing number of radical prostatectomies as a st