title: [Quality of life in patients after radical prostatectomy].
abstract: According to the literature, after radical prostatectomy the patients had normal micturition and erectile function in 50 and 10-30%, respectively. A total of 647 patients with diagnosis prostatic cancer (PC) stage T1a-T4 were examined in two clinics in 1997-2003. Of them, 43 patients (PC stage T1a-T3a) have undergone retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) by a modified nerve-preserving technique (preservation of the urinary bladder neck, puboprostatic joints in prostate size > 60 cm). Preoperative and postoperative examinations for urine continence and erectile function after RRP were made in 20 patients. The proposed operative technique of nerve-preserving RRP preserves urine continence and erectile function in many cases. This improves social adaptation of the patients and extends indications for operative treatment.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kamalov
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Khomeriki
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Efremov
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Romikh
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Egorov
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Okhobotov
mesh_terms: D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014554:Urination / Q000502:physiology