Combined prostatectomy and retropubic prostatectomy on patients eighty years old or older with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Miyake, K.; Yamamoto, M.; Kanai, S.; Mitsuya, H.
Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica 32(7): 977-980
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-1994 PMID: 2430435 Document Number: 282360
Combined prostatectomy and retropublic prostatectomy were performed on 20 patients eighty years old or older with benign prostatic hyperplasia. A comparative assessment of two surgical methods regarding to operative blood loss, operating time and postoperative complications was presented. The procedure of combined prostatectomy revealed a smaller amount of operative blood loss, less operating time and lower incidence of complications when compared to retropublic prostatectomy. This modified method of suprapubic-retropubic prostatectomy appears to offer several advantages over other open methods of prostatectomy.