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You have most of your nerves!! Without those I stand by my statement. Without all or most of those nerves pelvic floor work is useless. Slings? artificial sphincters? For myself I have no interest in becoming a zombie. I still say without those nerves you will leak and have ED. "All but a couple nerves aere spared" You are VERY lucky and very far from no nerves at all as i am.
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My surgery was 15 years ago before they even thought of sparing nerves. As I mentioned I Had no incontinence problems after surgery.
The thing is men have two Sphincter one in the bladder and one in the prostate. After surgery men still have one sphincter left. Women only have one, but it is more complex than the man’s bladder sphincter.
It’s not just nerves that cause incontinence in men, that bladder sphincter is reconnected after surgery (That’s why you have to wear the catheter ) and that’s where some of the problems occur.