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Erschienen in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease 5/2005

01.09.2005 | Original Article

Voiding and sexual dysfunction after deep rectal resection and total mesorectal excision

Prospective study on 52 patients

verfasst von: Peter Sterk, Bijan Shekarriz, Svetlana Günter, Jan Nolde, Robert Keller, Hans-Peter Bruch, Hodjat Shekarriz

Erschienen in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease | Ausgabe 5/2005

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Abstract

Objective

Voiding and sexual dysfunction after deep rectal resection have been described with various frequencies in the literature. In this study, we prospectively evaluated the baseline preoperative voiding and sexual function in a cohort of patients undergoing deep rectal resection with mesorectal excision to determine any pre-existing abnormalities. Postoperatively, we sought first to determine the frequency of a urinary or sexual dysfunction, secondly whether there is a time-dependent change of a dysfunction and thirdly whether there is a relationship between postoperative urological dysfunction and the patient’s age.

Patients and methods

Fifty-two patients (36 men and 16 women) with a primary rectal carcinoma were prospectively examined directly before and after the operation, as well after the third and sixth postoperative month. The preoperative urological evaluation consisted of a careful voiding and sexual history, uroflowmetry and a sonographic residual urine determination. A detailed sexual history was obtained via the use of a questionnaire.

Results

Urological dysfunction: Preoperatively, 49 of the 52 patients had a completely normal bladder function and three patients had post void residual >100 ml. Postoperatively, 12 of the 49 patients with normal preoperatively urinary function had voiding dysfunction, but only four male patients had residual urine in the third postoperative month. Therefore, in about 90% of the patients, postoperative bladder function became normal and only 10% suffered from vesical denervation after 6 months. We could not determine a relationship between the degree of bladder dysfunction and the patient’s age due to a relatively small patient cohort in this study. Sexual dysfunction: Preoperatively, 36 (seven women, 29 men) of the 52 patients were potent and had regular sexual intercourse. Eleven men specified a limited erection, but all had occasional sexual intercourse. One of the potent men experienced no ejaculation. Postoperatively, eight of the 29 men were impotent and two of the 29 men experienced retrograde ejaculation. Therefore, 30% of the preoperatively potent men had sexual dysfunction postoperatively. There was no correlation between the postoperative impotence and the age of the patients at the time of surgery. Although it is likely that the potency may diminish with advanced age, the incidence of impotence was not higher in the older patients of our study.

Conclusions

The results of our study underline the importance of risk estimation for possible postoperative urological dysfunction by means of preoperative urologic evaluation in this patient collective. Of patients with postoperative bladder dysfunction, 90% improved within 6 months after surgery and only 10% continued to have bladder dysfunction beyond 6 months, indicating irreversible nerve damage.
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Metadaten
Titel
Voiding and sexual dysfunction after deep rectal resection and total mesorectal excision
Prospective study on 52 patients
verfasst von
Peter Sterk
Bijan Shekarriz
Svetlana Günter
Jan Nolde
Robert Keller
Hans-Peter Bruch
Hodjat Shekarriz
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2005
Erschienen in
International Journal of Colorectal Disease / Ausgabe 5/2005
Print ISSN: 0179-1958
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1262
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-004-0711-4

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