1. [Economic importance of postoperative urinary incontinence].
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Lent V and Schultheis M
- Subjects
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Causality, Comorbidity, Cost of Illness, European Union, Germany epidemiology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications epidemiology, Prevalence, Prostatectomy statistics & numerical data, Prostatic Neoplasms epidemiology, Risk Factors, Urinary Incontinence epidemiology, Health Care Costs statistics & numerical data, Postoperative Complications economics, Prostatectomy economics, Prostatic Neoplasms economics, Prostatic Neoplasms surgery, Urinary Incontinence economics
- Abstract
In the 22,160 patients treated in Germany for prostate cancer by prostatectomy, the costs for direct and indirect sequelae as the result of postoperative urinary incontinence are estimated to be 71.8 million €. This greatly exceeds the costs of 69.8 million € for the operation itself. This additional economic burden can, however, be decisively influenced by using a surgical technique that preserves the integrity of the urethral sphincter.
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- 2015
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