Importance of considering interest in sex when evaluating satisfaction after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Journal: International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of patients' interest in sex on the satisfaction after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy, longitudinal changes of urinary and sexual functions and bothers were evaluated.

Authors

  • Yuki Kohada
    Division of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
  • Jun Ito
    Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Maioka 641-12, Totsuka, Yokohama, 244-0813, Japan.
  • Yasuhiro Kaiho
    Division of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
  • Hiroki Kusumoto
    Division of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
  • Takashi Kukimoto
    Division of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
  • Jotaro Mikami
    Division of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
  • Nobuyuki Hinata
    Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, NY, USA.
  • Makoto Sato
    Division of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.