Urol. praxi, 2011; 12(2): 120-122
at the Department of the University Hospital in Hradec Králové
Radical retropubic prostatectomy is carried out more commonly in younger patients without serious comorbidities. There is very important
the satisfied functional result of surgery, not only oncologic. The most common complications are the urine incontinence, the erectile
dysfunction, the anastomotic stricture and the overactive bladder symptoms. The authors have executed retrospective analysis of 489 patients
after radical retropubic prostatectomy. The incidence of incontinence was 3 %, erectile dysfunction 63 %, anastomotic strictures 7 %
and overactive detrusor < 3 %. The great majority of these patients were successfully treated by pharmacologic or surgical management.
Published: April 1, 2011 Show citation