Prospective assessment of patient reported urinary continence after radical prostatectomy
Prospective assessment of patient reported urinary continence after radical prostatectomy
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67294-1
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发表时间:
2000-09-01
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
Sanda, MG
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作者:
Wei, JT;Dunn, RL;Sanda, MG
Purpose: Reported urinary continence rates after radical prostatectomy vary. Although modifications of radical prostatectomy meant to improve outcome, such as nerve sparing or bladder neck preservation, are in widespread use, to our knowledge evidence to support these practices based on patient report is scant. We evaluated the potential effects of nerve sparing and bladder neck preservation on urinary continence after radical prostatectomy, and assessed the impact of various urinary continence definitions on the observed outcome.Materials and Methods: We prospectively evaluated a cohort of men with prostate cancer who elected surgery with and without nerve sparing, and bladder neck preservation as primary therapy. A total of 482 men completed a brief urinary continence questionnaire preoperatively and postoperatively at a median followup of 18 months. Urinary continence was followed prospectively using the questionnaire and patient reported urinary continence recovery was based on 3 definitions of continence.Results: Median time to continence recovery based on patient reporting was significantly shorter in the nerve sparing than in the nonnerve sparing group when continence was defined as no urinary leakage (5.3 versus 10.9 months, p