{"title":"Erectile function after radical prostatectomy.","authors":"J J Mulcahy","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The early detection of prostate cancer through the use of prostate-specific antigen screening has resulted in the performance of many more radical prostatectomy procedures as a curative treatment for this disease. Many patients who are candidates for this procedure already suffer from erectile dysfunction, and the incidence of inadequate erections following radical prostatectomy is certainly high. Nerve-sparing procedures during performance of this operation are encouraged as the incidence of erectile dysfunction is lower if one or both nerves are spared. If the patient is already impotent before the procedure, medical treatments with oral agents, intraurethral compounds, or intracorporally injected medications may be more effective with the nerves intact. Early institution of medical therapy, specifically intracorporal injections, after 2 months postoperatively has resulted in a higher incidence of spontaneous return of erections at 1 year. Vacuum erection devices may be successful in restoring erections but extensive practice in their use is necessary, and they may be unappealing to many patients. A penile prosthesis will restore erections if the patient is so motivated for implantation of such a device. These are expensive and require invasive surgery, but satisfaction rates among patients and partners who have used them have been in the range of 85%, the highest satisfaction rate among all of the treatments of erectile dysfunction.</p>","PeriodicalId":79436,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in urologic oncology","volume":"18 1","pages":"71-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21571551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of patients' and physicians' rating of urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy.","authors":"J T Wei, J E Montie","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One of the most important endpoints following a radical prostatectomy focuses on the recovery of urinary continence; however, the reported incontinence rates have been quite variable. In men with prostate cancer, it has been found that the physician's assessment of a patient's symptom does not correlate with the patient's own assessment. To further explore the differences in the reported outcomes between physicians and patients, we evaluated the assessment of urinary incontinence in a cohort of men undergoing radical prostatectomy. A total of 145 individuals completed a brief urinary continence questionnaire postoperatively at the 1-year anniversary of their operation and also had the physicians' assessment of incontinence documented in the medical record. Patient-reported incontinence rates varied from 13% to 65% depending on the definition of incontinence applied and the greatest agreement was seen when the physicians' assessment of incontinence was compared with the patient's report of pad use and urinary bother. These comparisons resulted in only moderate to good levels of agreement, which suggests that a more reliable and accurate means to evaluate urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy needs to be developed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79436,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in urologic oncology","volume":"18 1","pages":"76-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21571552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of the dorsal vein complex during radical retropubic prostatectomy.","authors":"M O Koch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An understanding of the prostatic dorsal venous anatomy allows dissection of the prostatic apex in a manner that results in minimal bleeding while preserving the rhabdosphincter, urethra, and neurovascular bundles during radical retropubic prostatectomy. This article reviews the pertinent venous anatomy of the prostatic apex. A surgical technique is described that allows secure venous control and that has resulted in consistently low blood loss and an allogeneic transfusion rate of less than 1% of patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":79436,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in urologic oncology","volume":"18 1","pages":"33-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21572229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bladder-neck preservation during radical retropubic prostatectomy.","authors":"M S Soloway, E Neulander","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The goal of the urologic surgeon performing total prostatectomy for prostate cancer is to eliminate the cancer and minimize the side effects associated with treatment. We believe that careful dissection of the prostate from the bladder can be performed in such a manner as to preserve most of the circular fibers of the bladder neck. This so-called bladder-neck preservation technique appears to reduce the risk of an anastomotic stricture and accelerate the return of urinary continence. An analysis of 676 consecutive prostatectomies revealed that 4.3% of the men had tumor touching the inked bladder neck margin. Only 1% had this as the only positive margin. Most of these patients had a preoperative prostate-specific antigen > 10 and a Gleason score of 7 or greater suggesting that bladder-neck preservation did not compromise the outcome of surgery. A more extensive resection of the bladder neck is not likely to be curative.</p>","PeriodicalId":79436,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in urologic oncology","volume":"18 1","pages":"51-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21572233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radical prostatectomy and collaborative care pathways.","authors":"J M Holzbeierlein, J A Smith","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a collaborative care pathway for radical retropubic prostatectomy. The experience of Vanderbilt University Medical Center is described, and the literature was reviewed. In addition, an example of the radical prostatectomy care pathway is provided for an illustration of a care path. The experience of using collaborative care pathways at Vanderbilt Medical Center has resulted in decreased length of stays, decreased blood utilization, and decreased overall costs. Also, staff satisfaction has improved all without compromising patient care. Collaborative care pathways have been shown to be a cost effective way of standardizing patient care without sacrificing the quality of patient care. In addition, they allow for an easier way to critically evaluate outcomes, costs, and patient and staff satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":79436,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in urologic oncology","volume":"18 1","pages":"60-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21572235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anatomy and innervation of the rhabdosphincter of the male urethra.","authors":"H Strasser, G Bartsch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rhabdosphincter of the male urethra and its innervation are still a subject of controversy. Essentially, two concepts of its anatomy can be found in the literature. Some authors describe the rhabdosphincter as part of the urogenital diaphragm caudal to the prostate, others as a striated muscle that extends from the base of the bladder to the \"urogenital diaphragm.\" In anatomic histological studies, the rhabdosphincter and its innervation were examined by means of anatomical dissections and serial anatomical as well as histological sections of 19 male pelves, including 8 fetal specimens. The rhabdosphincter presents as a vertical structure extending from the bulb of the penis to the region of the bladder neck along the prostate and the membranous urethra. Inserting dorsally in the perineal body via a broad tendinous raphe, the striated muscle fibers form an omega-shaped loop around the anterior and lateral aspects of the membranous urethra. The existence of a \"urogenital diaphragm\" and a strong, circular, striated \"external sphincter urethrae\" completely encircling the urethra caudal to the apex of the prostate cannot be confirmed by anatomical and histological investigations. The rhabdosphincter is supplied by branches of the pudendal nerve after leaving the pudendal canal.</p>","PeriodicalId":79436,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in urologic oncology","volume":"18 1","pages":"2-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21572353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predictive factors in prostate cancer: current concepts from the 1999 College of American Pathologists Conference on Solid Tumor Prognostic Factors and the 1999 World Health Organization Second International Consultation on Prostate Cancer.","authors":"D G Bostwick, C S Foster","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many clinically important predictive factors in prostate cancer are derived from light microscopic examination of tissue specimens by the pathologist. Two separate international consensus conferences held in 1999 addressed the contemporary status of such prognostic factors, sponsored by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Both conferences concluded that the following factors are recommended for routine use based on evidence from multiple published trials: TNM stage, histological grade using the Gleason system, surgical margin status, and serum prostate-specific antigen concentration. The WHO conference additionally recommended use of WHO nuclear grade, location of cancer within the prostate, and pathological effects of treatment. Other factors were categorized as promising or of unproven utility, including a wide variety of histopathologic and genetic markers. Standards are needed for analysis and quantitation of methods of tissue analysis, particularly for immunohistochemical studies and genotypic studies. This report describes the recommendations and conclusions of these two conferences.</p>","PeriodicalId":79436,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in urologic oncology","volume":"17 4","pages":"222-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21490089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overdiagnosis of prostatic adenocarcinoma.","authors":"D G Bostwick, L Chang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A wide variety of histopathologic mimics of prostatic adenocarcinoma have been recently described, which may cause overdiagnosis of malignancy. To our knowledge, the frequency and causes of overdiagnosis of prostate cancer have not been previously examined. Two pathologists evaluated the Mayo Clinic experience with small foci of stage T1a cancer diagnosed between 1960 and 1970 in an effort to identify cases that were overdiagnosed as cancer. Only cases with available diagnostic slides and blocks were re-evaluated, and immunohistochemical studies were obtained in select cases to confirm the amended diagnoses. Follow-up was obtained in all cases from patient medical records. We identified a total of 31 patients who were overdiagnosed with prostatic carcinoma from among a series of 150 cases initially diagnosed as well-differentiated stage T1a cancer (21% incidence). Patients ranged in age from 42 to 85 years, and the weight of the transurethral resections varied from 6 to 90 g. Findings misinterpreted as cancer included atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (8 cases), basal cell hyperplasia (8), atrophy (5), sclerosing adenosis (3), high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (3), xanthogranulomatous prostatitis (2), florid cribriform hyperplasia (1), and post-atrophic hyperplasia (1). None of the patients received additional treatment for prostatic disease. Mean follow-up was 10.8 years; 14 patients were alive with no evidence of disease, 14 died of intercurrent disease without recurrent prostatic disease, and the status of 3 was unknown. We conclude that misinterpretation of prostate cancer in transurethral resection specimens results from overdiagnosis of small microscopic foci of hyperplasia, atrophy, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, and granulomatous inflammation. The incidence of overdiagnosis three decades ago was 21% of small foci in transurethral resections, usually resulting from the presence of undescribed pathological entities. Long-term follow-up revealed no evidence of recurrent prostatic disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":79436,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in urologic oncology","volume":"17 4","pages":"199-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21490087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M K Brawer, M C Benson, D G Bostwick, B Djavan, H Lilja, A Semjonow, S Su, Z Zhou
{"title":"Prostate-specific antigen and other serum markers: current concepts from the World Health Organization Second International Consultation on Prostate Cancer.","authors":"M K Brawer, M C Benson, D G Bostwick, B Djavan, H Lilja, A Semjonow, S Su, Z Zhou","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Serum prostate-specific antigen is credited with dramatic advances in the early detection, screening, and management of men with prostatic carcinoma. There has been more than a twofold increase in the number of men diagnosed during the last decade, and prostate cancer has emerged as the most common non-skin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in men. This report summarizes the history and current status of prostate-specific antigen and other serum markers, incorporating consensus opinions from the Second International Consultation on Prostate Cancer held in Paris in June 1999.</p>","PeriodicalId":79436,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in urologic oncology","volume":"17 4","pages":"206-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21490088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prostate biopsy 1999: strategies and significance of pathological findings.","authors":"K A Iczkowski, D G Bostwick","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Needle biopsy of the prostate plays a pivotal role in the diagnosis of prostate cancer and prediction of outcome. Strategies for sampling the prostate are being refined, which is increasing the diagnostic yield. In combination with other clinical factors, the pathological findings obtained from the biopsy specimen will provide enhanced predictive accuracy for stage and individual outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":79436,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in urologic oncology","volume":"17 4","pages":"177-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21490085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}