title: Trends in radical prostatectomy.
abstract: The surgical treatment of prostate cancer ideally removes the entire cancer, avoids excessive blood loss or serious perioperative complications, and results in complete recovery of continence and potency. To achieve this, the surgeon must excise sufficient periprostatic tissue to cure the cancer while preserving the cavernosal nerves required for erectile function and the neuromusculature required for normal urinary and bowel function. Here we will examine recent trends in radical prostatectomy, focusing on surgical technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA. easthamj@mskcc.org
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eastham
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tokuda
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scardino
mesh_terms: D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D010819:Physician's Role; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012307:Risk Factors