title: Radical retropubic prostatectomy. Preoperative management.
abstract: The morbidity of radical prostatectomy is minimized by identifying men who are at significant cardiovascular risk and excluding them from the procedure. Preoperative management designed to minimize surgical and medical complications and exposure to allogenic blood products increases the benefit-to-risk ratio of radical prostatectomy over other treatment options for localized prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rosenblum
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lepor
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants