TWO YEARS FOLLOW-UP AFTER NERVE-SPARING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY – IMPROVEMENT OF ERECTILE FUNCTION WITH NIGHTLY LOW DOSE SILDENAFIL

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1250 TWO YEARS FOLLOW-UP AFTER NERVE-SPARING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY – IMPROVEMENT OF ERECTILE FUNCTION WITH NIGHTLY LOW DOSE SILDENAFIL Andreas Bannowsky*, Heiko Schulze, Christof van der Horst, Stefan Hautmann, Klaus-Peter Junemann. Flensburg, Germany, and Kiel, Germany. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Several treatment regimens for rehabilitation of erectile function after nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy (nsRP) are currently discussed. In previous prospective studies we showed nocturnal penile tumescense and rigidity (NPTR) in 95% of the patients in the early phase after nsRP. METHODS: 43 sexual active patients were operated by nerve-sparing retropubic radical prostatectomy. All patients completed an IIEF-5 questionnaire concerning erectile function preoperatively. A measurement of NPTR (Rigi-Scan®) was carried out in the following night after catheter removal. 23 patients with preserved nocturnal erections