Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2010 Apr;14(2):160-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.09.001. Epub 2009 Oct 6.
Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common type of male-specific cancer in North American men, and many men choose radical prostatectomy (RP) to remove their cancer. Although penile length shortening (PLS) occurs in a reported 68% to 71% of men undergoing RP, little is known about it. In an electronic journal search, only 9 medical articles (with no nursing publications) were published between 1980 and 2007.
To provide an account of patients' perceptions and responses to living with PLS after RP.
Semi-structured interviews and a grounded theory approach were used to discover the basic social processes regarding men's perceptions of a shortened penis and overall sense of self. A total of six men who underwent RP and consequently noticed PLS were recruited from a local PC support group for semi-structured interviews lasting between 40-60 min.
Based on subjects' own definitions of masculinity, no significant changes in the constructs of masculinity and overall self-image perception were reported.
Men undergoing RP may not be fully aware that PLS is a possible consequence related to treatment. In spite of this, subjects were not negatively affected by its occurrence.
前列腺癌（PC）是北美男性中最常见的男性特有的癌症类型，许多男性选择根治性前列腺切除术（RP）来切除癌症。尽管据报道有 68%至 71%接受 RP 的男性会出现阴茎长度缩短（PLS），但对此知之甚少。在电子期刊搜索中，1980 年至 2007 年期间仅发表了 9 篇医学文章（没有护理出版物）。
描述 RP 后患者对 PLS 的感知和反应。
采用半结构化访谈和扎根理论方法，发现男性对缩短阴茎和整体自我感知的基本社会过程。从当地的 PC 支持小组中招募了 6 名接受 RP 并注意到 PLS 的男性，进行了 40-60 分钟的半结构化访谈。
根据受试者自己对男性气质的定义，没有报告男性气质和整体自我形象感知结构的重大变化。
接受 RP 的男性可能没有充分意识到 PLS 是与治疗相关的可能后果。尽管如此，这并没有对他们的生活产生负面影响。
