title: [Intra- and postoperative morbidity of radical prostatectomy].
abstract: Operation-related morbidity was analyzed in 147 patients, who had undergone radical prostatectomy during the last 3 years. Six major complications (4.1%) had occurred requiring surgical revision. One single postoperative death (0.7%) was caused by a pulmonary embolus. In 51 patients (34.7%) minor complications were noted. Urinary incontinence was severe in 4 patients (3.9%), which was treated by an artificial sphincter in one man during the follow-up period. Twelve patients (11.8%) complained of stress incontinence, grade I-II. Postoperative determinations of serum PSA were below the detectable range in 81% of the patients, including those with a locally advanced tumor stage and adjuvant antiandrogen therapy. Based on our data, it is concluded that radical prostatectomy is today a safe and standardized operative procedure.
authors.affiliation: Urologische Universitätsklinik Ulm.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kleinschmidt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vieweg
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Gottfried
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hautmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Intra- und postoperative Morbidität der radikalen Prostatektomie.