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Potency and Prostatectomy
Author(s) -
HARGREAVE T. B.,
STEPHENSON T. P.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1977.tb04553.x
Subject(s) - general hospital , university hospital , medicine , citation , library science , family medicine , computer science
A prospective questionnaire study with a 6-month follow-up was carried out to determine the incidence of post-prostatectomy impotence. 57% of patients were potent at the time of operation. A man with full potency had a 4% chance of becoming totally impotent and a 3% chance of becoming partially impotent. A man with failing preoperative potency had a 10% chance of becoming totally impotent and a 22% chance of becoming worse. No particular method of operation was at fault. One-third of potent men claimed to have some postoperative ejaculation.