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- Title
Long-term oncological and continence outcomes after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a single-centre experience.
- Authors
Busch, Jonas; Stephan, Carsten; Herold, Anja; Erber, Barbara; Kempkensteffen, Carsten; Hinz, Stefan; Lein, Michael; Weikert, Steffen; Miller, Kurt; Magheli, Ahmed
- Abstract
Study Type--Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence 4. What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Over the past decade, minimally invasive laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and more recently robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy have been introduced and have proven equally effective compared with open surgery in terms of mid-term cancer control and complication rates. Because long-term data is lacking, open prostatectomy is still considered the 'gold standard' by some authors, who argue that minimally invasive approaches have to measure up to the excellent long-term results of open surgery. This study represents one of the largest series (1845 patients) of minimally invasive radical prostatectomy with extended follow-up (11.3 years) and detailed data on oncological outcome and postoperative incontinence. It therefore supplies previously lacking information on these details for minimally invasive prostate surgery and provides important information for patient counselling.
- Publication
BJU international, 2012, Vol 110, Issue 11 Pt C, pE985
- ISSN
1464-410X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11279.x