title: [Extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a report of 2 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To probe into the operation method and clinical result of extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two male patients of prostate cancer underwent extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. The main operation procedures proceeded under the extraperitoneal laparoscope, consisting of dissecting the prostate gland, cutting the bladder shank and the apix of the prostate gland, and then freeing the seminal vesicles followed by removing the prostate anteriorly. The final step was to connect the urethra and bladder neck.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The operation time was 10 and 7 hours and blood loss was 1 000 and 500 ml respectively. The intestinal function resumed 24 hours after the operation. The catheter was removed 3 weeks after surgery and no complication was seen.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is a good and least invasive method for local prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China. songninghong@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ning-Hong
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Hong-Fei
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yue-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Li-Xin
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Jian-Tang
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Su
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery