title: Bladder and urethral dysfunction after radical abdominal hysterectomy: rehabilitative treatment.
abstract: We studied bladder and urethral function prospectively in 64 patients before and after Wertheim's radical hysterectomy. Immediately after surgery, neurogenic bladder dysfunction of various degrees was found in 70% of all patients who presented difficulty of voiding, with high residual urine and/or stress incontinence. All the patients have received an early rehabilitative treatment with kinesitherapy and/or pharmacological therapy after the bladder catheter removal and the urodynamics' results. We have obtained a satisfactory functional recovery of the bladder activity in 91% of the symptomatic patients.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000209:etiology