Impact of the estimated blood loss during radical prostatectomy on functional outcomes.

CONCLUSION: CaP patients who sustain higher BL during RP showed worse functional outcomes. High BL during ORP or RALP represented an independent predictor of erectile dysfunction and incontinence after surgery. However, the effect of high BL on the continence was temporarily and not present at 1 year after surgery in ORP and after 3 months in RALP. PMID: 30857988 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Urologic Oncology - March 7, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Preisser F, Pompe RS, Salomon G, Rosenbaum C, Graefen M, Huland H, Karakiewicz PI, Tilki D Tags: Urol Oncol Source Type: research