Rehabilitation of patients after cystectomy and construction of a continent intestinal reservoir
Sevin, G.; Cek, M.; Tasci, A.I.; Fazlioglu, A.; Gokhan, G.Z.
Progres en Urologie Journal de l'Association Francaise d'Urologie et de la Societe Francaise d'Urologie 2(6): 993-997
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 1166-7087 PMID: 1302131 Document Number: 389526
Close follow-up and rehabilitation are necessary in order to ensure a good life quality for patients who have undergone cystectomy operations combined with continent reservoir operations. A questionnaire survey was carried out on 19 of our patients with continent reservoirs of different types. Furthermore a number of the leading clinics and urologists were consulted in an effort to find out a common and reliable method for rehabilitation. The most frequently encountered problems were the sexual (13 cases: 72.2%) and psychosocial adaptation (11 cases: 61.1%) among our patients. These figures were lowered to 50% (9 cases) and 33.3% (6 cases) respectively after organizing a special club for these patients in our hospital.