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[The complications of retropubic radical prostatectomy]
J I Abad Vivas-Pérez1, F I Rodríguez-Rubio Cortadellas, A Martín-Marquina Aspiunza
1Departamento de Urología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona.
Actas Urologicas Espanolas
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
Between January 1989 and October 1995, 104 prostatectomies were performed in patients with prostate carcinoma in our centre. Mean follow-up 22 months, range 3-84 months. Overall frequency of complications was 33%. No fatal complications were reported. Complications in the early post-operative occurred in 17 patients (16%); late complications in 18 patients (17%), the most frequent one was stenosis of urethrovesical by-pass. No case of total incontinence has been recorded. The rate of stress incontinence at 3 months was 36% and 15% at 9 months.