title: [Surgical margins after radical prostatectomy: technical aspects and prognostic value].
abstract: The status of surgical margins after radical prostatectomy is a major prognostic factor. The role of several technical aspects of radical prostatectomy, such have surgical access, bladder neck preservation or neurovascular bundle sparing, in generating supplementary positive margins has been controversial for many years. Positive margins along with other poor prognostic factors are important elements in the decision to perform adjuvant therapy after radical prostatectomy. This review of the literature, based on a Medline search, was designed to update these various issues encountered by urologists in their everyday practice.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France. cyrille.bastide@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: Cyrille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bastide
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soulié
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Davin
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D011467:Prostate / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology*; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery