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Restoring Quality of Life: A Comprehensive Review of Penile Rehabilitation Techniques Following Prostate Surgery
Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men, and its treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Prostate surgery can often result in erectile dysfunction (ED), significantly impacting patients' quality of life. Penile rehabilitation techniques have been...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10226834/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37261151 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38186 |
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author | Thakur, Prathvi S Gharde, Pankaj Prasad, Roshan Wanjari, Mayur B Sharma, Ranjana |
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description | Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men, and its treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Prostate surgery can often result in erectile dysfunction (ED), significantly impacting patients' quality of life. Penile rehabilitation techniques have been developed to restore erectile function following prostate surgery. This review discusses the different penile rehabilitation techniques available, their effectiveness, and the factors affecting their success. This paper also addresses the importance of addressing the psychological aspects of ED in these patients and the need for personalized and tailored rehabilitation plans. By providing a comprehensive understanding of penile rehabilitation techniques, this paper can assist clinicians in restoring the quality of life of patients who have undergone prostate surgery. |
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spelling | pubmed-102268342023-05-31 Restoring Quality of Life: A Comprehensive Review of Penile Rehabilitation Techniques Following Prostate Surgery Thakur, Prathvi S Gharde, Pankaj Prasad, Roshan Wanjari, Mayur B Sharma, Ranjana Cureus Internal Medicine Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men, and its treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Prostate surgery can often result in erectile dysfunction (ED), significantly impacting patients' quality of life. Penile rehabilitation techniques have been developed to restore erectile function following prostate surgery. This review discusses the different penile rehabilitation techniques available, their effectiveness, and the factors affecting their success. This paper also addresses the importance of addressing the psychological aspects of ED in these patients and the need for personalized and tailored rehabilitation plans. By providing a comprehensive understanding of penile rehabilitation techniques, this paper can assist clinicians in restoring the quality of life of patients who have undergone prostate surgery. Cureus 2023-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10226834/ /pubmed/37261151 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38186 Text en Copyright © 2023, Thakur et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Thakur, Prathvi S Gharde, Pankaj Prasad, Roshan Wanjari, Mayur B Sharma, Ranjana Restoring Quality of Life: A Comprehensive Review of Penile Rehabilitation Techniques Following Prostate Surgery |
title | Restoring Quality of Life: A Comprehensive Review of Penile Rehabilitation Techniques Following Prostate Surgery |
title_full | Restoring Quality of Life: A Comprehensive Review of Penile Rehabilitation Techniques Following Prostate Surgery |
title_fullStr | Restoring Quality of Life: A Comprehensive Review of Penile Rehabilitation Techniques Following Prostate Surgery |
title_full_unstemmed | Restoring Quality of Life: A Comprehensive Review of Penile Rehabilitation Techniques Following Prostate Surgery |
title_short | Restoring Quality of Life: A Comprehensive Review of Penile Rehabilitation Techniques Following Prostate Surgery |
title_sort | restoring quality of life: a comprehensive review of penile rehabilitation techniques following prostate surgery |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10226834/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37261151 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38186 |
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