BACKGROUND Open prostatectomy for benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) is widely practiced in Ghana and Africa. Some of the reasons include lack of expertise and facilities for Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) and digital rectal examination assessment of prostates as greater than 50 grams. OBJECTIVES To assess the prostate volumes of patients for surgical management of BPH by trans...

Operative management of prostate cancer in a patient who has undergone previous open suprapubic simple prostatectomy poses a unique surgical challenge. Herein, we describe a case of intermediate risk prostate cancer in a man who had undergone simple prostatectomy ten years prior to presentation. The patient was found to have Gleason 7 prostate cancer on MRI fusion biopsy of the prostate for ele...

• Objective: To describe the development and implementation of a prostatectomy outcomes database at a community hospital. • Methods: We developed a comprehensive observational radical prostatectomy database with a prospective longitudinal arm to examine clinical and functional outcomes in patients undergoing retropubic robotic laparoscopic, open retropubic, and perineal prostatectomy. More than...

We performed laparoscopic prostatectomy in seven cases with organ-confined prostate cancer. In 6 cases, the surgery was completed successfully and the mean operative time was 424 min. Volume of blood loss was 200 to 3,200 ml and catheterization lasted 6 to 37 days. No major complications were observed in 6 of the cases. In one case, open surgical conversion was necessary mainly due to a bladder...

Radical prostatectomy (RP) continues to be an effective surgical therapy for prostate carcinoma, particularly for organ-confined prostate cancer (PCa). Recently, RP has also been used in the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer. However, little research has been performed to elucidate the perioperative complications associated with RP in patients with clinically localized or locally ad...

BACKGROUND Radical prostatectomy is one of the most commonly used curative procedures for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. The probability that a patient will undergo additional cancer therapy after this procedure is largely unknown. PURPOSE The objective was to determine the likelihood of additional cancer therapy after radical prostatectomy. METHODS Data for this study were der...

Relevance: Laparoscopic surgery supplies many benefits due to lower postoperative sequelae. radical prostatectomy has become a first-line treatment for patients with localized prostate cancer worldwide.
 The study aimed compare outcomes after traditional laparoscopic extraperitoneal modified (MLERPE).
 Methods: All information about patient this historical cohort was obtained from the...