retropubic prostatectomy

Radical Prostatectomy Outcomes at the University Hospital of the West Indies: 2000–2007

Issue:

Vol 60, issue 1 (2011)

Pages:

68–72

Synopsis:

This article represents an eight-year retrospective review of radical prostatectomies performed at the University Hospital of the West Indies. Oncological outcomes and morbidity are compared to large- volume international centres.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer in Jamaican men with an age-specific incidence of 65.5 per 100 000 and also the commonest cause of male cancer death. This study reports on the oncological outcome and morbidity after radical retropubic prostatectomy.

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