Following a transperineal biopsy -1 week (to allow bruising to settle, and reduce painful intercourse) Following a radical prostatectomy (surgical removal of prostate)- 6 weeks (may cause bleeding, pain, and increase the risk of urinary incontinence) During external beam radiotherapy and 2 months ...
Breast cancer patients who had a mastectomy (removal of one or both breasts) may experience loss of sensation, fatigue, and symptoms related to reconstructive surgery (such as feeling discomfort while getting used to implants.) Patients who undergo a lumpectomy may experience decreased sensation in...
seminal vesicles, and prostate must be intact. Emission being a trickling or leakage of semen with no rhythmic contractions of the pelvic floor muscles as in true ejaculation. Some with complete cord lesions at lumbar or sacral level may be able to achieve psychogenic erections and emission...
Prostate cancerProstatectomyTreatment outcomeRoboticPrognosisThe three long-term goals of Radical Prostatectomy (RP) are complete removal of the cancer, recovery of urinary continence and recovery of sexual potency. However, these individual outcomes are not necessarily independent of each other, i.e., ...