[Quality of life after radical urologic pelvic surgery and impact of inpatient rehabilitation].

Health-related quality of life (QOL) has become a pivotal criterion for assessing quality of specific therapy for prostate and bladder cancer in urology and serves increasingly as a basis for therapeutic decisions reached by urologists and patients. To aid in comprehension, we present the development of QOL research, the accumulated knowledge, and needs for further investigations by offering a broad review of the literature. In Germany, established inpatient rehabilitation has dealt with QOL for decades, but proof of efficacy was lacking.

[Electrostimulation in therapy of postoperative urinary incontinence. Therapeutic value for quality of life].

Worldwide use of electrical stimulation for therapy of postoperative incontinence is based on a few prospective randomized controlled studies. We present a three-arm prospective randomized study evaluating physiotherapeutic pelvic floor training alone and in combination with transanal or perineal electrical stimulation. The study compared specific continence training (CT) and a combination of CT with transanal or perineal electrostimulation.