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Impact of a modified apical dissection during radical retropubic prostatectomy on the occurrence of positive surgical margins: a comparative study in 212 patients.

Department of Urologic Surgery, Rangueil University Hospital, Toulouse, France.
Urology (impact factor: 2.43). 08/2001; 58(2):217-21. pp.217-21
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ABSTRACT To assess the impact of a modified technique of apical dissection during radical retropubic prostatectomy on the occurrence of positive surgical margins (PSMs).
Between 1992 and 1998, 212 nonconsecutive patients with localized prostate cancer (57 T1, 155 T2) underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy and were divided into two groups: group 1, 85 patients who underwent surgery before January 1994; and group 2, 127 patients who underwent surgery with the modification of the apical dissection after January 1994. The modified technique consisted of a wide excision of periprostatic soft tissue at the apex, including the bilateral neurovascular bundles. The clinical data (age, prostate-specific antigen, clinical staging) and pathologic findings (pathologic staging, Gleason score, PSM rate) of the two groups were compared.
No significant difference was found between the two groups regarding the median prostate-specific antigen level (10.8 ng/mL and 9.5 ng/mL), Gleason score, and pathologic staging. Overall, the PSM rate was 53% in group 1 and 20.5% in group 2 (P <0.001). The number of PSMs decreased 2.6-fold in group 2. The PSM rate was significantly reduced at the apex with the new technique (group 1, 33.3%; group 2, 7.7%; P = 0.008). The PSM rate expressed with the odds ratio was 4.4-fold lower for patients in group 2 than for those in group 1.
The modified apical dissection in radical retropubic prostatectomy significantly improves the PSM rate in patients with localized T1-T2 prostate cancer.

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    Article: Blunt apical dissection during anatomic radical retropubic prostatectomy.
    Kazunori Namiki, Ali Kasraeian, Saif Yacoub, Charles J Rosser
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    ABSTRACT: Meticulous apical dissection during a radical prostatectomy is imperative to achieve desirable pathologic and quality of life outcomes. We describe a novel technique using careful blunt dissection to better delineate the apex of the prostate, providing a simple means to potentially lessen positive surgical margins at the apex and promote better continence and erectile function in men undergoing an anatomic radical prostatectomy.Median operative time and blood loss were 190 minutes and 675 mL, respectively. Only 10 percent of the patients with positive surgical margins were found to have apical positive surgical margins. Ninety-three percent of patients reported no urinary leakage. We believe our technique of isolating the DVC with blunt dissection and then ligating and transecting the DVC to be feasible approach that requires larger studies to truly confirm its utility.
    BMC Research Notes 02/2009; 2:20.
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Keywords

212 nonconsecutive patients
 
85 patients
 
apical dissection
 
bilateral neurovascular bundles
 
Gleason score
 
group 1
 
group 2
 
localized prostate cancer
 
localized T1-T2 prostate cancer
 
median prostate-specific antigen level
 
modified apical dissection
 
odds ratio
 
pathologic findings
 
periprostatic soft tissue
 
positive surgical margins
 
prostate-specific antigen
 
PSMs
 
radical retropubic prostatectomy
 
two groups
 
wide excision
 

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