OBJECTIVES: Radical retropubic prostatectomy is the major procedure for curing early @entity5 . In this retrospective study we valued the complications of this surgery and its evolution in time, as well as the efectiveness of the @entity322 preservative treatment in the recovery of urinary continence. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During the period between december of 1998 to january of the 2005 we have treated 168 @entity1 suffering @entity263 clinically confined to the gland by means of retropubic radical prostatectomy. We removed the vesical catheter the fourteenth day of the postoperative and made a clinical monitoring the first, third and sixth month after the surgery, and thereafter every six months. RESULTS: Of the 168 @entity1 who underwent clinical surgery, 15% required postoperative blood transfusion in the immediate postoperative. Other complications, with a lower incidence, were the intestinal perforation, surgical wound @entity281 and the haematoma. The most frequent delayed complications we registered were @entity323 , observed in 164 @entity1 (98%), micturition alterations in 32 @entity1 (19%) and intestinal alterations in approximately 11%. Among the micturitional alterations found, the most frequent (64%) was the Urinary Incontinence (UI). However, most of them were of minor importance (34%) and all improved during the first six months after the surgery. We advised @entity1 with minor and moderate UI to perform pelvic floor muscle training, being very useful since they allowed to anticipate the recovery of continence. CONCLUSIONS: Radical prostatectomy continues to be the most effective treatment for the non @entity263 , in spite of the associated morbidity. The IU is the main factor for the high standard of living these @entity1 . Despite the number of @entity1 with UI being so high, most cases are moderate and minor and may improve with pelvic floor muscle training. Hence, this is a significant tool to tackle this illness, whether in connection with the use of absorbent, the pharmacologic therapy or the use of penile collectors.

[Radical prostatectomy complications: evolution and conservative management of XXXX ].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity323 :: ('MESH:D007172', 'Disease') :: ['erectile dysfunction'] @entity263 :: ('MESH:D011471', 'Disease') :: ['prostatic adenocarcinoma', 'spared prostate cancer'] @entity322 :: ('MESH:D014549', 'Disease') :: ['urinary incontinence'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['stage prostate cancer'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection']
@entity322 :: (MESH:D014549,Disease) :: ['urinary incontinence']
