Comparative study of inguinal hernia repair rates after radical prostatectomy or external beam radiotherapy.

  • Giovanni Lughezzani
  • Maxine Sun
  • Paul Perrotte
  • Ahmed Alasker
  • Claudio Jeldres
  • Hendrik Isbarn
  • Lars Budäus
  • Jean-Baptiste Lattouf
  • Luc Valiquette
  • Francois Bénard
  • Fred Saad
  • Markus Graefen
  • Francesco Montorsi
  • Pierre I Karakiewicz

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Abstract

We tested the hypothesis that patients treated for localized prostate cancer with radical prostatectomy (RP) have a higher risk of requiring an inguinal hernia (IH) repair than their counterparts treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT).

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Original languageGerman
Article number5
ISSN0360-3016
Publication statusPublished - 2010
pubmed 20381269