Radical perineal prostatectomy in patients over age of seventy

Radical perineal prostatectomy remains at the forefront of the surgeon's tools for treatment of Stage A2 and Stage B adenocarcinoma of the prostate. In the past, generally the criterion for selection of patients excluded those patients over age seventy. In our series of radical perineal prostatectomies over the last thirteen years, we have operated on 8 patients between the ages of seventy and seventy-seven, with minimal postoperative morbidity and no operative mortalities. Radical prostatectomy can be well tolerated in the older age group and should be considered in selected patients seventy years and older.