[Radical prostatectomy: our experience].
Between July 1989 and June 1994 32 men (48-73 years old) underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy for prostate cancer. 26 patients (70%) presented with symptoms of bladder outflow obstruction. The primary tumour was understaged preoperatively in 5 patients (15.5%). At follow-up (6-66 months, average 24) significant urinary incontinence not occurred in our patients; sixty-two per cent reported a substantial problem with reduced or absent erection. A total of 23 patients was free of clinical or biochemical progression, observed in 28% of cases as distant or local progression. Radical prostatectomy is being performed with increasing frequency: trends in morbidity have been identified.
Tombolini
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Divisione di Urologia, Policlinico S. Marco, Zingonia, Bergamo.
Ruoppolo
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M
Fenice
O
O
Bellorofonte
C
C
Zaatar
C
C
Tagliaferri
A
A
Cogni
M
M
Dell'Acqua
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S
Ferri
P M
PM
D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
Prostatectomia radicale: la nostra esperienza.