The role of lipidic balance on erectile dysfunction in prostate cancer patients undergoing robotic surgery.

Francesco Di BelloAgostino FraiaGabriele PezoneClaudia Collà RuvoloErnesto Di MauroLuigi CirilloGiovanni Maria FuscoSimone MorraSalvatore ApreaRoberto La RoccaGianluigi CalifanoMassimiliano CretaNicola LongoLuigi Napolitano

Published in: International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association (2024)

The power of novel lipidic scores in predicting severe ED and EF worsening in RARP patients was low, and they should not be routinely applied as a screening method in this patient subgroup. Only preoperative IIEF5 and nerve-sparing approaches are relevant in EF prediction after RARP.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
prostate cancer
end stage renal disease
emergency department
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
radical prostatectomy
prognostic factors
early onset
clinical trial
drug induced
open label