TY  - JOUR
A1  - Boettcher, Martin
A1  - Haselhuhn, Angelika
A1  - Jakse, Gerhard
A1  - Brehmer, Bernhard
A1  - Kirschner-Hermanns, Ruth
T1  - Overactive bladder syndrome: an underestimated long-term problem after treatment of patients with localized prostate cancer?
JF  - BJU international
N2  - In this study we observed courses of micturition symptoms and differentiated degrees of symptoms for each point in time while also considering the impact of bothersomeness. Our data show that not only significantly more patients who have undergone BT suffer from OAB than those who have undergone RP, but also that those affected show significantly higher values for severity of OAB symptoms throughout the whole observation period of 36 months. Our data analysis further shows that variability of OAB symptoms as well as fluctuation of severity of OAB symptoms vary to a significantly higher degree after BT than after RP. Looking only at mean figures at a given point in time clearly underestimates the underlying problem. This fact is not reflected in the literature.
KW  - quality of life
KW  - prostate cancer
KW  - prostatectomy
KW  - incontinence
KW  - brachytherapy
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10623.x
SN  - 1365-2176 (E-Journal); 1464-410X (E-Journal); 0007-1331 (Print); 1464-4096 (Print)
VL  - 109
IS  - 12
SP  - 1824
EP  - 1830
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford
ER  -