Sequelae of prostate cancer resection

The sequelae of prostate cancer resection. For prostate cancer patients, the diet should be mainly easy to digest food and light. Some patients with chronic prostatitis cannot bear the torture of the disease and want to completely cure the disease. In terms of treatment, many patients will choose surgical treatment. So, what are the sequelae of prostate cancer surgery?

Prostate cancer often occurs in the posterior lobe of the prostate gland, grows slowly, and is latent. Early symptoms are not obvious. Once symptoms appear, they are usually in the late stage. The main symptoms of late-stage prostate cancer are lower urinary tract obstruction, or hematuria and urinary retention. The most prominent symptom is pain.

Eighty percent of patients experience progressive dysuria, thinning of urine stream, deflection of urine stream, bifurcation of urine stream, prolonged urination, frequent urination, urgency, pain during urination, and a feeling of incomplete urination due to cancer. In severe cases, urine dripping and urine retention may occur. Only three percent of patients have hematuria.

During surgical treatment of prostate cancer, sometimes the tissues around the prostate or other nerves are damaged, leading to sequelae, mainly including urinary incontinence and impotence. Urinary incontinence. The surgery for prostate cancer is basically a total prostatectomy, which is a method of connecting the urethra and bladder after removing the prostate and the surrounding lymph nodes and tissues with the possibility of metastasis. Therefore, the bladder is pulled after the operation, resulting in a smaller capacity and frequent urination. In addition, when removing the prostate, if the contractile external urethral sphincter is damaged and its tension is reduced, it will cause urinary incontinence and impotence. Studies have shown that 79.6% of patients who have undergone surgery for prostate cancer have impotence. This is because during the operation, not only the tissues in the prostate are damaged, but also the nerves and muscles around the urethra, lymph nodes, seminal vesicles, etc. are damaged, leading to symptoms of impotence.

In general, there are always some risks in surgical treatment, so the author reminds you to be careful when choosing whether to undergo surgical treatment.