[Results of radical perineal prostatectomy: 14 years' experience (author's transl)]

One hundred radical perineal prostatectomies are reported, which were performed during the past 14 years. In this series were 36 patients with stage C carcinomas, which could not be operated radically by total prostatectomy. This shows the difficulties in preoperative staging of these tumors. In spite of doing routinely a vesiculography and a lymphography these tumors were frequently undervalued. The 5-year survival rates, being 66.6% in stage A/B and C carcinomas correspond nearly to the results of Belt. The postoperative incontinence rate was 10%. Only two patients retained their potency. There were no postoperative mortalities.