title: Radical surgery in the treatment of localized carcinoma of the prostate.
abstract: New methods of early detection combined with recent advances in surgical techniques have resulted in more patients undergoing radical surgery for treatment of localized carcinoma of the prostate. Over 350 radical prostatectomies have been performed by our group since January 1987. We review the role of radical prostatectomy in the treatment of prostate cancer and our experience with 100 patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy since the advent of nerve-sparing techniques to preserve potency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Telang
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Miles
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Farah
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Littleton
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kirkemo
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Peabody
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Burks
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cerny
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate