title: Categorisation of complications of endoscopic extraperitoneal and laparoscopic transperitoneal radical prostatectomy.
abstract: The aim of the present review is to focus on the various attempts of categorisation of complications after endoscopic extraperitoneal and laparoscopic transperitoneal radical prostatectomy. Several classifications of complications and adverse events have been proposed in the literature but none is widely accepted or applied so far. We thus present a review of the existing literature and the complications of our series of 900 patients treated with endoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy (EERPE). We applied the recently revised Clavien classification system to grade EERPE complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 20, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. stolj@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Jens-Uwe
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Stolzenburg
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabenalt
authors.forename: Minh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Truss
authors.forename: Hartwig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schwaibold
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burchardt
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jonas
authors.forename: Evangelos N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Liatsikos
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D019723:Endoscopes / Q000009:adverse effects; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods