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Quality of Life After Radical Prostatectomy - the Problem of Continence and Potency

M. Heitz, A. E. Klute, R. Olianas, F. Schreiter · Aktuelle Urologie · 1996 · Heft S 1 · S. 81-84

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Zeitschrift
Aktuelle Urologie
Autor:innen
M. Heitz, A. E. Klute, R. Olianas, F. Schreiter
Ausgabe
Heft S 1 / 1996
Jahrgang 27
Seiten
81-84
Erschienen: 1996-04-01 00:00:00
ISSN
0001-7868
DOI
10.1055/s-2008-1055663

Zusammenfassung

Summary: The two most distressing complications following radical prostatectomy are severe urinary incontinence and impotency. In 1993 146 patients, 49 to 82 years old, underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) in our department. Results are presented in preoperatively potent men followed for a minimum of 12 months. The impact of incontinence and impotency on the quality of life was assessed by a self-administered questionnaire, personal interview, and physical examination. We found 100 patients with impotency due to RRP and 11 (7.5 %) incontinent patients. In impotent patients self-classified psychologic…

Schlagworte

Prostate cancer Radical Prostatectomy Quality of life Incontinence Impotency Aktuelle Urologie