TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term effects on bladder function following radical hysterectomy with and without postoperative radiation
AU - Bandy, Lawrence C.
AU - Clarke-Pearson, Daniel L.
AU - Soper, John T.
AU - Mutch, David G.
AU - MacMillan, Julie
AU - Creasman, William T.
N1 - Funding Information:
’ Supported in part by the Joan Falk Cancer Research Fund ’ To whom reprint requests should be addressed: Department of Obstetrics Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville. N. C. 27834.
PY - 1987/2
Y1 - 1987/2
N2 - Sixty-one patients with Stage IB cervical carcinoma treated initially by Type III radical hysterectomy underwent water cystometry 6 or more months after surgery. Adjunctive pelvic radiation in 10 patients was associated with significantly more contracted (P < 0.001) and unstable (P < 0.01) bladders than surgery alone. The necessity for bladder drainage 30 or more days after surgery alone in 17 patients was associated with significantly worse (P < 0.05) long-term post-void residual and total bladder capacity as well as volume for first urge to void compared to 34 patients treted only with surgery who required short-term drainage. Management of bladder drainage following radical hysterectomy is discussed.
AB - Sixty-one patients with Stage IB cervical carcinoma treated initially by Type III radical hysterectomy underwent water cystometry 6 or more months after surgery. Adjunctive pelvic radiation in 10 patients was associated with significantly more contracted (P < 0.001) and unstable (P < 0.01) bladders than surgery alone. The necessity for bladder drainage 30 or more days after surgery alone in 17 patients was associated with significantly worse (P < 0.05) long-term post-void residual and total bladder capacity as well as volume for first urge to void compared to 34 patients treted only with surgery who required short-term drainage. Management of bladder drainage following radical hysterectomy is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0090-8258(87)90269-1
DO - 10.1016/0090-8258(87)90269-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 3804034
AN - SCOPUS:0023110060
SN - 0090-8258
VL - 26
SP - 160
EP - 168
JO - Gynecologic oncology
JF - Gynecologic oncology
IS - 2
ER -