ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS AFTER BRACHYTHERAPY FOR LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER: LITERATURE REVIEW
Increasing the number of relatively young men who underwent brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer led to increase the urgency of the issue of quality of life of these patients. Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the major factors adversely affecting the quality of life. The high prevalence of erectile dysfunction in patients after brachytherapy, and lack of common approach to effective and safe therapy require more enhanced study of this problem, which is very relevant and important for understanding the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of ED in men after brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer.