QUALITY-OF-LIFE AFTER RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY FOR CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE

Authors
PEDERSEN KV CARLSSON P RAHMQUIST M VARENHORST E
Citation
Kv. Pedersen et al., QUALITY-OF-LIFE AFTER RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY FOR CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE, European urology, 24(1), 1993, pp. 7-11
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
European urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03022838
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
7 - 11
Database
ISI
SICI code
0302-2838(1993)24:1<7:QARRPF>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
131 patients treated by radical prostatectomy for localized prostatic cancer were studied with regard to quality of life. The patient's perc eption of his state of health before operation and 3, 6, 12 and 18 mon ths later was assessed by questionnaires on 272 occasions. In the shor t term the patients complained of anxiety, voiding disorders, and loss of potency. In the long term only distress due to lack of erection pe rsisted, but the overall well-being after 18 months was nevertheless b etter than before treatment.