Laparoscopic prostatectomy: a promising option in the treatment of prostate cancer

It is still too soon to know if a laparoscopic approach is as good or even better than open surgical radical prostatectomy, the gold standard. Early data seem to suggest lower intraoperative bleeding rates, less postoperative pain, shorter hospital stay, and similar rates of oncologic cure, return t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine 2004-02, Vol.71 (2), p.113-114
Hauptverfasser:	Steinberg, Andrew P, Gill, Inderbir S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Humans Intraoperative Complications Laparoscopy Male Neoplasm Staging Postoperative Complications Prostatectomy - methods Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery Treatment Outcome Urinary Incontinence - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	It is still too soon to know if a laparoscopic approach is as good or even better than open surgical radical prostatectomy, the gold standard. Early data seem to suggest lower intraoperative bleeding rates, less postoperative pain, shorter hospital stay, and similar rates of oncologic cure, return to potency, and urinary continence.
ISSN:	0891-1150 1939-2869
DOI:	10.3949/ccjm.71.2.113