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A member asked:
If i am able to walk the same day, or day after prostatectomy surgery why do they need to put in a catheter?
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Urethra must heal: During a prostatectomy, the urethra has been cut and then sewn back together. Wearing a catheter (usually for about a week) allows the sewed-together parts of the urethra to heal.
Answered 6/18/2014
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