Sexual Function One Year after Transurethral Prostatic Resection: Patients' Own Assessments
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
- Vol. 32 (1), 33-35
- https://doi.org/10.1080/003655998750014657
Abstract
One year after transurethral resection of the prostate for benign hyperplasia, 127 men received a questionnaire requesting personal evaluation of sexual function, including erection, ejaculation, libido and satisfaction. Significant postoperative dysfunction was reported in all these respects: 54% of the responders claimed deterioration and half of them blamed the operation. Decline in sexual function had a multifactorial background, including advancing age, morbidity, and changed marital and social conditions. Although other examinations with preoperative and postoperative evaluation report a lower incidence of impotence development, which may be more reliable, it is psychologically interresting that the patients themselves suspect the transurethral resection as the cause of impaired sexuality.Keywords
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