[Function of the lower urinary tract in patients after treatment of cervical cancer].
OBJECTIVE
Irritation of lower urinary tract--bladder and urethra--is seen as a common risk factor for radiotherapy treatment. Is it possible to reduce miction disorders and urinary incontinence?


METHODS
Functional assessment of the lower urinary tract in women treated with surgery and radiotherapy.


METHODS
Authors evaluated 25 patients diagnosed with uterus neck cancer treated with surgery or radiotherapy during 1998-2001. Urodynamic assessment was based on uroflowmetry, residual urine volume measurement and cystometry results.


RESULTS
Lower urinary tract ailments were present in all 25 patients, in 2 of them they were only temporary--during recovery after surgery. During miction symptoms were reported by 23 patients, 20 patients reported symptoms between mictions. During and after treatment all patients reported the increase in symptoms and changes of urodynamics parameters.


CONCLUSIONS
Function of the lower urinary tract are disturbed whilst radiotherapy treatment of uterus neck cancer. Functional diagnostics is important in oncological treatment design and should be evaluated separately for each patients.
Kliniki Ginekologii Operacyjnej Katedry Ginekologii i Połoznictwa Akademii Medycznej w Poznaniu.
Magda
M
Pisarska
Wojmir
W
Zietkowiak
Agnieszka
A
Sibila
Stefan
S
Sajdak
D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000009:adverse effects; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000528:radiation effects; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014554:Urination / Q000528:radiation effects; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*