Open radical prostatectomy in the elderly: a case for concern?

  • Quoc-Dien Trinh
  • Jan Schmitges
  • Maxine Sun
  • Shahrokh F Shariat
  • Shyam Sukumar
  • Zhe Tian
  • Marco Bianchi
  • Jesse Sammon
  • Paul Perrotte
  • Craig G Rogers
  • Markus Graefen
  • James O Peabody
  • Mani Menon
  • Pierre I Karakiewicz

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Abstract

Study Type - Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence?4 What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Adverse outcomes after radical prostatectomy are more often recorded in the elderly. In the USA, elderly patients undergoing radical prostatectomy are treated at institutions where suboptimal outcomes are recorded.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number9
ISSN1464-4096
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 21895940