Patient-reported quality of life after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 78-86

  Arai, Yoichi ^a   Okubo, Kazutoshi ^a   Aoki, Yoshitaka ^a   Maekawa, Shinya ^a   Okada, Takashi ^a   Maeda, Hiroshi ^a   Ogawa, Osamu ^b   Kato, Tetsuro ^b  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Radical prostatectomy; Sexual function; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0033507192     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.1999.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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