title: [Complications in a consecutive series of 133 cases of radical prostatectomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the surgical complications of radical prostatectomy in our hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  From august 1991 to december 1999, 138 patients with clinically localized prostate cancer underwent Walsh technique radical prostatectomy. The follow-up is known from 133 patients with a mean age of 64.8% and a mean PSA of 17.6 ng/ml.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean follow-up is 43 months. Urinary fistula (9%), lymphatic leakage (5.22%) and rectal injury (2.2%) are the most common early complications. Urinary incontinence (27%), erectile dysfunction (98%) and urethrovesical junction stenosis (12%) are the delay complications. Only three patients have died due to prostate cancer. Our results are compared with another series.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The morbidity of radical prostatectomy is very similar to the compared series. Urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction are the most worrying complications which the patient must know to have the opportunity to choose another therapeutic option.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Valdecilla, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Portillo Martín
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rado Velázquez
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Baños
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martín García
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hernández Rodríguez
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: del Valle Schaan
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Correas Gómez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roca Edreira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernández Castrillo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*