title: [Radical prostatectomy. The first 50 consecutive patients undergoing surgery at Rigshospitalet].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Radical prostatectomy has not been performed in Denmark until recently. In this paper, we report the results of the first patients undergoing a radical retropubic prostatectomy at Rigshospitalet.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty consecutive patients, aged 47-68, median 59 years underwent radical prostatectomy. Ninety percent of the patients received three months of neoadjuvant endocrine therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Histopathology showed that 78% had organ-confined disease. During a median follow-up of 370 days, 11 patients (22%) developed biochemical failure, defined as a PSA value above 0.1 ng/ml. Although the number of patients is small and the follow-up limited, we confirmed correlations between preoperative characteristics and the risk of extraprostatic extension at tumour and biochemical progression. Surgery was performed without major complications. Erectile dysfunction was reported by 88%, whereas complete urinary continence was achieved in 90% of the patients.
authors.affiliation: H:S Rigshospitalet, Abdominalcentret, urologisk afdeling D og Laboratoriecentret, patologisk afdeling.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brasso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ingeholm
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iversen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003718:Denmark; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data