title: [Long-term follow-up of radical retropubic prostatectomy for prostate cancer in 400 consecutive patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the long-term outcomes following radical retropubic prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  The charts of 401 patients who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy between 1992 and 2004 were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average age was 63 years with a median PSA of 8.5 and median Gleason score of 5. Ninety one percent of the cases were diagnosed by a single prostate biopsy set (average 7 cores, range 3-16). Pelvic lymph node dissection was performed in 84 patients (21.7%). Nodal involvement was noted in 5 (6%). Capsular invasion was found in 91 patients (24%), positive surgical margin in 78 (20.1%) and seminal vesicle involvement in 37 (9.5%). The average admission stay was 5.2 days (3-22). Fever (11.4%), urine leakage (8%), wound infection (4%) and pulmonary embolism (1.5%) were the most common early complications. One year after the operation 72% of the patients were fully continent. Of the 172 patients who underwent nerve-sparing procedure, 80 patients (46.5%) regained their sexual potency one year after the operation and did not require pharmacological assistance. Median follow-up time was 84 months. The five and eight years overall survival rates were 85% and 73%, respectively. Ten years survival of 136 patients (35%) with clinical stage T1C was 95%. Biochemical failure was observed in 68 patients (18%). The average time to biochemical failure was 12.5 months (range 0-76. median 12). Forty five patients (12%) died, twenty one (5.4%) due to metastatic disease. Mortality correlated to pre-operative PSA, clinical stage and Gleason score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  At one year follow up, most of the patients are continent and 46.5% have spontaneous erection following nerve-sparing procedure. The overall survival and the long-term outcomes of radical retropubic prostatectomy are equal to those reported in the current literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
authors.forename: Kobi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stav
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sandbank
authors.forename: Yaniv
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shilo
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lindner
authors.forename: Amnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zisman
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis