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Influence of secondary diagnoses in the development of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy
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Materia
Radical prostatectomy
Second diagnoses
Urinary incontinence
Clasificación UNESCO
3213.16 Urología
Fecha de publicación
2017
Citación
Padilla-Fernández, B., Virseda-Rodríguez, Á. J., Valverde-Martínez, L. S., Pereira, B. J., Coelho, H., Santos-Antunes, M. T., ... & Lorenzo-Gómez, A. (2017). Influence of secondary diagnoses in the development of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia, 89(1), 34-38. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2017.1.34
Resumen
[EN] Objective: To study whether there are factors
related to secondary diagnoses (SDg)
present in patients with prostate cancer that influence the
development of urinary incontinence after radical
prostatectomy (RP).
Materials and methods: A retrospective multicenter observational
study was performed reviewing the medical records of
430 men who underwent RP due to organ-confined prostate
cancer in 9 different hospitals. Two study groups were
distinguished: Group A (GA): Patients without urinary
incontinence after RP; Group B (GB): patients with any degree
of post-surgical urinary incontinence.
Results: Average age at surgery was 63.42 years (range
45-73). 258 patients were continent after surgery and 172
patients complaint of any degree of incontinence after RP.
A higher percentage of healthy patients was found in group A
(continent after surgery) than in group B (p = 0.001).
The most common SDg prior to surgery were hypertension,
lower urinary tract symptoms, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus
and erectile dysfunction, but none did show a greater trend
towards post-surgical incontinence.
Conclusions: A better health status prior to surgery is associated
to a lower incidence of new-onset urinary incontinence
after radical prostatectomy. However, no correlation was
found between the most common medical disorders and the
development of post-surgical urinary incontinence.
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ISSN
1124-3562
DOI
10.4081/aiua.2017.1.34
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