Men with penile cancer who get a partial or radical glansectomy with reconstruction report satisfaction with urinary function and phallus appearance after surgery, a small study suggests.
Researchers examined results from questionnaires administered to 35 patients (mean age 61 years) who underwent penile reconstruction (mean time from surgery 22 months). Overall, most men (82.4%) said they were satisfied or felt neutral about how their genitals looked, most could urinate from a standing position (85.3%), and with little if any urine spraying (79.4%).
“The take-home message is that organ-sparing surgery for penile cancer can result in satisfactory genital appearance and preservation of penile function in many patients,” said lead study author Dr. Stefanie Croghan, a specialist in urology at University Hospital Waterford in Ireland.