Disfunción eréctil postprostatectomía radical. Respuesta al tratamiento con citrato de sildenafilo

JUAN LUIS CRUZ GIMENO, LUIS MARTÍNEZ-PIÑEIRO, FERNANDO RAMÓN DE FATA, JOSÉ MARÍA GARCÍA MEDIERO, JAVIER DE LA PEÑA BARTHEL

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Archivos Españoles de Urología ›› 2003, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (1) : 47-51.
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Disfunción eréctil postprostatectomía radical. Respuesta al tratamiento con citrato de sildenafilo

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OBJECTIVES: Erectile dysfunction is one of the sequelae after radical prostatectomy most concerning for the patient, its appearance being influenced by factors such as surgical technique, or patient’s age. Thus, around 40% of the patients younger than 70 years and over 90% of the patients older than 70 present with erectile dysfunction after prostatectomy. We studied the response to sildenafil citrate in patients who underwent non nerve sparing radical prostatectomy.METHODS: Medical records of 100 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy at our department between 1985 and 1998 were retrospectively reviewed and telephone interviews were done to investigate the degree of erectile dysfunction following surgery. All patients were offered to start a two-month therapeutic trial with sildenafil citrate, in dose escalation up to a maximum of 100 mg. Therapeutic response was evaluated by personal interviews.RESULTS: 5 out of 100 patients interviewed showed similar potency than preoperatively. Among 95 patients with erectile dysfunction 63 (66.3%) did not wish treatment for erectile dysfunction. 22 of the remainder 32 patients initiated treatment with sildenafil citrate, whereas 10 preferred trying intracavernous PGE1 injections only.In the intracavernous injections group 5 patients abandoned because of pain with injections and refused any further treatment with oral drugs; 5 patients are satisfied with intracavernous therapy and they do not want to try sildenafil.In the sildenafil group form 22 patients starting treatment 14 (63.6%) are satisfied, with a subjective improvement. Only 5 patients (22%) show an erectile response enough to have sexual intercourse with penetration. 8 (36.5%) abandon treatment because of lack of efficiency.CONCLUSIONS: 5% of the patients who undergo non nerve sparing radical prostatectomy maintain sexual potency without treatment postoperatively. Most patients with postoperative erectile dysfunction (63/95=66.3%) do not want any treatment. From 22 patients initiating treatment with sildenafil 5 can have sexual intercourse with penetration (5/22=22%), all of them with 100 mg doses of sildenafil.

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Radical prostatectomy / Erectile dysfunction / Sildenafil

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JUAN LUIS CRUZ GIMENO , LUIS MARTÍNEZ-PIÑEIRO , FERNANDO RAMÓN DE FATA , JOSÉ MARÍA GARCÍA MEDIERO , JAVIER DE LA PEÑA BARTHEL. Disfunción eréctil postprostatectomía radical. Respuesta al tratamiento con citrato de sildenafilo. Archivos Españoles de Urología. 2003, 56(1): 47-51

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