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Leaking urine when you cough, sneeze, lift or stand up, because the muscle that holds it in has been weakened.
The commonest problem after a radical prostatectomy, because the operation can damage the urinary sphincter and the pelvic floor. Most men leak when the catheter first comes out and improve over months. NICE NG131 asks for access to specialist continence services, pelvic floor re-education, bladder retraining and medicines, and for referral for an artificial urinary sphincter where it does not settle. It rules out bulking agent injections.