par Zlotta, Alexandre ;Roumeguere, Thierry ;Ravery, Vincent;Hoffmann, Paul;Montorsi, Francesco;Türkeri, Levent;Dobrovrits, Michael;Scattoni, Vincenzo;Ekane, Samuel;Bollens, Renaud ;Vanden Bossche, Marc ;Djavan, Bob ;Boccon-Gibod, Laurent;Schulman, Claude ;European Society for Urological Oncology,
Référence European urology, 46, 1, page (42-49)
Publication Publié, 2004-07
Référence European urology, 46, 1, page (42-49)
Publication Publié, 2004-07
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : | With a shift in prostate cancer stage and a majority of patients operated nowadays with PSA levels <10 ng/ml, rates of seminal vesicle (SV) invasion found on radical prostatectomy specimens have decreased as compared to historical data. Since SV-sparing surgery may possibly have an influence on post-operative erectile dysfunction and urinary recovery, we tried to determine which patients could be safely spared SV excision during radical prostatectomy. |