title: Immediate radical prostatectomy for incidentally found prostate cancer after open prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
abstract: We describe the case report and detailed operative findings of a 57-year-old man who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) for incidental prostate cancer 2 weeks after open prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). We advocate an open cystotomy at the time of RRP to identify the ureters and assure that the bladder neck margin is free of prostatic tissue. We offer this therapy as a safe curative treatment modality in the early postoperative period after prior prostate surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Heidenberg
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation