CONTINENT RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the impact of dissection of the dorsal venous complex without pre-ligation, suturing, or coagulation during radical prostatectomy (RPE) in patients with localized prostate cancer (PC) on the quality of surgery and the function of urinary retention.

Subjects and methods. The data of 42 patients who had undergone posterior and anterior anatomical repair and vesicourethral anastomosis using a V-lock suture after prostatectomy were analyzed. All the patients were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 consisted of 22 patients in whom the dorsal venous complex was closed using a 3-0 vicryl suture before urethral dissection. Group 2 included 20 patients in whom the urethra was dissected without suturing the venous complex.

Results. In group 1, complete urinary retention after catheter removal was noted in 9 (40.9 %) and 15 (68 %) patients within 24 hours and after 3 months, respectively. Following 12 months, two (9 %) patients were observed to have partial mild urinary incontinence (as many as 2 pads per day). Group 2 patients showed complete urinary retention in 17 (85 %) cases on the first day after catheter removal; all the patients retained urine 3 months later.

Conclusion. In patients with localized PC, dissection of the dorsal venous complex without presuturing during laparoscopic RPE exerts a considerable impact on the preservation of urinary retention, namely 45% more of the patients reported complete urinary retention in early periods and 10 % more did this in later periods. At the same time, there was no statistically significant increase in intraoperative blood loss (p > 0.05), the number of positive edges, or biochemical recurrences.