Verbal pelvic floor muscle instructions pre-prostate surgery assessed by transperineal ultrasound: Do men get it?

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of careful verbal instruction on the ability of men to correctly contract the pelvic floor muscles. The participants were men before robotic-assisted prostate surgery for cancer. After careful verbal instruction, participants had bladder neck movement in the cranial direction assessed by two-dimensional transperineal ultrasound. All 31 participants were able to move the bladder neck in the cranial direction.