Use of a specific questionnaire and perineal electromyography to assess neuropathic pain after radical retropubic prostatectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prostate cancer is the most frequent cancer in men and radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) is one of the first-line treatment. However, RRP has some side effects and can lead to chronic perineal pain. The objective of the study was to determine in patients suffering from perineal pain after RRP the possibility of a neurogenic damage by means of a specific questionnaire dedicated to track down neuropathic pain.

Methods

Forty patients were explored by a specific and validated questionnaire, the Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI). Patients were divided into two groups: Group A with an NSPI score ≥4 was considered as suffering from neuropathic pain, and Group B was considered as a control group without neuropathic pain (NSPI score <4). All patients had a peri

SUBMITTER: Turmel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6872839 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature