Trends in radical prostatectomy. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The surgical treatment of prostate cancer ideally removes the entire cancer, avoids excessive blood loss or serious perioperative complications, and results in complete recovery of continence and potency. To achieve this, the surgeon must excise sufficient periprostatic tissue to cure the cancer while preserving the cavernosal nerves required for erectile function and the neuromusculature required for normal urinary and bowel function. Here we will examine recent trends in radical prostatectomy, focusing on surgical technique.

publication date

  • December 4, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Prostatectomy
  • Prostatic Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 60349130641

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.02178.x

PubMed ID

  • 19183234

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 16

issue

  • 2