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Complications of Radical Prostatectomy

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Carcinoma of the Prostate

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

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The pattern of care of localized prostate cancer (CaP) has been undergoing a significant change in recent years, in that there has been a sharp increase in the use of radical prostatectomy for the treatment of newly diagnosed localized CaP (Mettlin et al. 1994). Innovations in surgical technique (Walsh 1992) and methods for the early detection of localized CaP (Catalona et al. 1994; Brawer et al. 1992; Stamey 1992) have led to the current low incidence of operative mortality and morbidity.

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  1. Department of Urology and Radiation Oncology, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

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  2. Department of Urology, St. Pieter’s Hospital, Catholic University of Leuven, Brusselsestraat 69, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    L. Baert MD PhD (Professor and Chairman, Clinical Professor), A. A. Elgamal MD (Consultant Urologist and Research Fellow) & H. Van Poppel MD PhD (Professor)

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Baert, L., Elgamal, A.A., Van Poppel, H. (1996). Complications of Radical Prostatectomy. In: Petrovich, Z., Baert, L., Brady, L.W. (eds) Carcinoma of the Prostate. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60956-5_11

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