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Prostatectomy and impotence: can temperature variations around the prostate during TURP explain postprostatectomy
J Schou1, N E Holm Christensen, C Nolsøe
1Urological Department, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University, Denmark.
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. Supplementum
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
A considerable number of patients (4-35%) experience sexual dysfunction after treatment for BPH with a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). The aim of this study was to elucidate whether heat, generated by the resectoscope during TUR-P, can be transmitted to the surrounding tissue to an extent that may damage the penile innervation.