Transurethral biopsy of the prostatic urethra is associated with final apical margin status at radical cystoprostatectomy.
Friedrich-Carl von RundstedtDouglas A MataSteven ShenYi LiGuilherme GodoySeth P LernerPublished in: Journal of clinical urology (2016)
The incidence of a positive apical urethral margin was low in patients undergoing RC. A negative preoperative TUR biopsy of the prostatic urethra was reliably associated with a negative final margin, obviating the need for intraoperative frozen section. Furthermore, a positive biopsy was not reliably associated with final margin status. These data will aid in the counseling of patients regarding the feasibility of neobladder reconstruction.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- benign prostatic hyperplasia
- ultrasound guided
- end stage renal disease
- fine needle aspiration
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- radical prostatectomy
- prognostic factors
- prostate cancer
- risk factors
- smoking cessation
- patient reported
- men who have sex with men
- hiv infected
- data analysis