title: [Economic importance of postoperative urinary incontinence].
abstract: In the 22,160 patients treated in Germany for prostate cancer by prostatectomy, the costs for direct and indirect sequelae as the result of postoperative urinary incontinence are estimated to be 71.8 million €. This greatly exceeds the costs of 69.8 million € for the operation itself. This additional economic burden can, however, be decisively influenced by using a surgical technique that preserves the integrity of the urethral sphincter.
authors.affiliation: , Bergstraße 19, 53498, Bad Breisig, Deutschland. proflent@t-online.de.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lent
authors.affiliation: Urologisches Zentrum für Anschlussheilbehandlung Bad Wildungen-Reinhardshausen, Bad Wildungen-Reinhardshausen, Klinik am Kurpark, Bad Wildungen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schultheis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005062:European Union; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Prostatectomy, retropubic; Urethral sphincter; Urinary incontinence, stress