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| | AUA: Orgasmic Difficulties Persist for 2 Years After Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | "The cause [of the orgasmic difficulty] is undoubtedly multifactorial, as patients must cope with the psychological stress of a cancer diagnosis, the surgery, and diminished sexual function," he said |
 | | Although RRP is known to adversely impact erectile, ejaculatory, and orgasmic function, the emphasis has been placed on erectile function. |
 | | Among the men in the latter category, some experienced loss of orgasmic quality that gradually improved at each postoperative follow-up, so that at 3 months, 14.9% described their orgasms as very good; at 6 months 17.5% made this report; the number increased to 21.1% at 12 months and 20.6% at 24 months. |
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