Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines
Adverse effects of radical prostatectomy
Evidence Summaries
Level of Evidence = C
According to a longitudinal study of 1291 men from 6 geographic regions with clinically localized prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy, 8.4% of men were incontinent and 59.9% were impotent at 18 months or more following surgery 1 .
References
1. Stanford JL, Feng Z, Hamilton AS, Gilliland FD, Stephenson RA, Eley JW, Albertsen PC, Harlan LC, Potosky AL. Urinary and sexual function after radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer: the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study. JAMA 2000 Jan 19;283(3):354-60. [PMID:10647798]
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"Adverse Effects of Radical Prostatectomy." Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines, Duodecim Medical Publications Limited, 2019. Evidence Central, evidence.unboundmedicine.com/evidence/view/EBMG/456348/all/Adverse_effects_of_radical_prostatectomy.
Adverse effects of radical prostatectomy. Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines. Duodecim Medical Publications Limited; 2019. https://evidence.unboundmedicine.com/evidence/view/EBMG/456348/all/Adverse_effects_of_radical_prostatectomy. Accessed April 25, 2024.
Adverse effects of radical prostatectomy. (2019). In Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines. Duodecim Medical Publications Limited. https://evidence.unboundmedicine.com/evidence/view/EBMG/456348/all/Adverse_effects_of_radical_prostatectomy
Adverse Effects of Radical Prostatectomy [Internet]. In: Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines. Duodecim Medical Publications Limited; 2019. [cited 2024 April 25]. Available from: https://evidence.unboundmedicine.com/evidence/view/EBMG/456348/all/Adverse_effects_of_radical_prostatectomy.
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