... outcomes following radical prostatectomy (RP) between certified centers (CCs) and noncertified centers (nCCs) within the IMPROVE study group. Methods: A validated survey assessing various factors, including stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and decision regret (DR), was administered to 950 patients who...

... tumor board and further diagnostic workup, including thoracoabdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis, was performed, which revealed no secondary tumors or signs of metastasis. According to the tumor board recommendation, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP...

...) after bilateral nerve-sparing (NS) radical prostatectomy (RP). Methods: Patients who had undergone bilateral NS RP (either radical retropubic prostatectomy or robot-assisted laparoscopic RP), 3 or more months prior to the study, and who had no ED preoperatively and were suffering from mild to severe...

...Christoph Würnschimmel; Vera Panagl; Agostino Mattei; Christian Daniel Fankhauser Introduction: After radical prostatectomy, many institutions perform cystography to exclude vesicourethral anastomotic leakage before removing a urethral catheter. We reviewed diagnostic methods to exclude leakage...

..., the risk of extracapsular extension increased from 15.8% up to 36.9%, seminal vesicle invasion rates increased from 0.9% up to 8.2%, and LNI rates increased from 0.2 up to 4.6% [ 16 ]. Prostate cancer Intermediate-risk prostate cancer Radical prostatectomy Extended pelvic lymph node dissection...

...Pan Song; Mengxuan Shu; Luchen Yang; Xiaoyu Di; Peiwen Liu; Zhenghuan Liu; Jing Zhou; Qiang Dong Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the survival outcomes of radical prostatectomy (RP), external beam radiotherapy plus brachytherapy (EBRT + BT), and EBRT alone among elderly men (aged 70...

... to in the content or advertisements. Psychosocial distress Prostate cancer Radical prostatectomy Urinary incontinence Rehabilitation Patients, after radical prostatectomy (RP), often struggle with side effects such as incontinence and emotional problems. Psychosocial well-being is an important...

...Samy Mahjoub; Marius Hennecken; David Pfister; Florian Hartmann; Patricia John; Maximilian Schmautz; Axel Heidenreich Introduction: Symptomatic lymphoceles (SLs) represent the most common complication after radical prostatectomy (RP) and pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND). To date, preoperative...

... Prostate cancer Low-risk and intermediate-risk prostate cancer Radical prostatectomy Clinically insignificant prostate cancer Epstein criteria 12-core prostate biopsy scheme Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancers in men [1]. The diagnostic pathway traditionally included...

...Julia Tolle; Sophie Knipper; Randi Pose; Pierre Tennstedt; Derya Tilki; Markus Graefen; Hendrik Isbarn Introduction: A history of transurethral surgery of the prostate is generally considered as a risk factor of adverse functional outcomes after radical prostatectomy (RP). We tested whether...

...Ben Xu; Bing-lei Ma; Yi-ji Peng; Qian Zhang Background: “Three-port” laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) has been applied as a substitution for the conventional 4- to 5-port LRP to treat prostate cancer (PCa) patients in our institution. Objective: To evaluate the learning curve...

...) >10 ng/mL) who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP) and extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND). Materials and Methods: In a period ranging from January 2014 to December 2018, 880 consecutive patients underwent RP with ePLND for PCa. Among these, 481 met the inclusion criteria and were selected...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Prostate cancer D’Amico risk classes Tumor grade group Radical prostatectomy Total testosterone Prostate cancer (PCA) is a major health...

...Serdar Çelik; Güven Aslan; Sinan Sözen; Haluk Özen; Bülent Akdoğan; Sümer Baltaci; Volkan İzol; Zühtü Tansuğ; Levent Türkeri; Members of Urooncology Association Background: The prediction of positive surgical margins (SM) after radical prostatectomy (RP) is important for planning the surgical...

... Objective: To evaluate the predictors of the risk of long-term hospital readmission after radical prostatectomy (RP) in a single tertiary referral center where both open RP (ORP) and robot assisted RP (RARP) are performed. Materials and Methods: The risk of readmission was evaluated by clinical...

... nodes at the time of radical prostatectomy in a sample with long-term follow-up. Methods: A total of 527 patients with complete data sets treated in the years 1992–2014 were studied. The median follow-up was 7.2 years. The median number of removed lymph nodes was 15. Age, year of surgery, Gleason score...

... of non-organ confined PCa in clinically localized disease. Prostate cancer Prolactin Radical prostatectomy Pituitary hormones Hypothalamus-pituitary-testis-prostate axis Preoperative serum prolactin levels Preoperative serum testosterone levels Prostate cancer induction Prostate cancer...

... Artibani; Pros-IT CNR study group Background: To report health-related quality of life outcomes as assessed by validated patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) after radical prostatectomy (RP). - Methods: This study analyzed patients treated with RP within The PROState cancer monitoring in Italy, from...

...Margit Pohle; Ahmed Magheli; Tom Fischer; Bernhard Ralla; Kurt Miller; Stefan Hinz Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the number of radical prostatectomies per hospital per year is associated with stage distribution, surgical techniques or quality related outcome...

... total testosterone (TT) as a predictor of positive surgical margins (PSM) in prostate cancer (PCA). Patients and methods: During the period from November 2014 to July 2017, preoperative TT was measured in 476 PCA patients undergoing only radical prostatectomy (RP) and including all risk classes...