Influence of serum testosterone on urinary continence and sexual activity in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer

• Published in: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 168 - 172
• Main Authors: Gacci, M, Corona, G, Apolone, A, Lanciotti, M, Tosi, N, Giancane, S, Masieri, L, Serni, S, Maggi, M, Carini, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.06.2010; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/45/776/1174; 692/699/67/589/466; 692/700/565/545; Aged; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Body Mass Index; Cancer Research; Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Health aspects; Humans; Impotence; Male; Middle Aged; Original; original-article; Patient outcomes; Penile Erection - physiology; Preoperative Period; Prostate - surgery; Prostate cancer; Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood; Prostatectomy; Prostatectomy - adverse effects; Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery; Quality of Life; Risk factors; Sexual Behavior - physiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Testosterone; Testosterone - blood; Urinary incontinence; Urinary Incontinence - etiology; Urination - physiology; Italy; testosterone; free testosterone; hypogonadism

The aim of the present study was to evaluate how serum testosterone level ( T ) can affect urinary continence and erectile function in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP). We included 257 patients with clinically localized prostate cancer, those who had filled out preoperative quality of...