Comparison of a 20-min pad test with the 1-hour pad test of the international continence society to evaluate post-prostatectomy incontinence.

Objectives: Urinary incontinence is a hygienic and socially distressing problem for affected people and causes high healthcare costs. Objective standardized noninvasive quantification of urinary incontinence is highly important and, in addition, enables control of therapeutic efficacy. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the feasibility, accuracy and reproducibility of a standardized 20-min pad test to measure urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy in comparison to the 1-hour pad-weighing test recommended by the International Continence Society (ICS).