Urological problems and quality of life after treatment in early cervical cancer.
Urinary complications after treatment of gynaecological cancer are inevitable. Part of these complications have to be understood as the price in the balance cost/benefit of the treatment itself. Among these the functional vesical alterations are the most important because they compromise the quality of life. The Author reports the results of the urodynamic evaluation in pre- and post-operative phases in a case series of oncological patients treated with personalized radical surgery. The major functional alterations are noticed in the vesical dysfunction. The author concludes that a personalization of surgical therapy related to the surgical stage is necessary in order to prevent urological complications.
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Institute of the Gynecologic and Obstetric Clinic, University of Padua, Italy.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011788:Quality of Life; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*