World Journal of Urology

, Volume 24, Issue 1, pp 88–93 | Cite as

Categorisation of complications of endoscopic extraperitoneal and laparoscopic transperitoneal radical prostatectomy

  • Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg
  • Robert Rabenalt
  • Minh Do
  • Benjamin Lee
  • Michael C. Truss
  • Hartwig Schwaibold
  • Martin Burchardt
  • Udo Jonas
  • Evangelos N. Liatsikos
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Abstract

The aim of the present review is to focus on the various attempts of categorisation of complications after endoscopic extraperitoneal and laparoscopic transperitoneal radical prostatectomy. Several classifications of complications and adverse events have been proposed in the literature but none is widely accepted or applied so far. We thus present a review of the existing literature and the complications of our series of 900 patients treated with endoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy (EERPE). We applied the recently revised Clavien classification system to grade EERPE complications.

Keywords

Laparoscopy Endoscopic radical prostatectomy Complications Clavien system Prostate cancer 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg
    • 1
  • Robert Rabenalt
    • 1
  • Minh Do
    • 1
  • Benjamin Lee
    • 2
  • Michael C. Truss
    • 3
  • Hartwig Schwaibold
    • 4
  • Martin Burchardt
    • 5
  • Udo Jonas
    • 5
  • Evangelos N. Liatsikos
    • 6
  1. 1.Department of UrologyUniversity of LeipzigLeipzigGermany
  2. 2.Department of UrologyAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew YorkUSA
  3. 3.Department of UrologyKlinikum DortmundDortmundGermany
  4. 4.Bristol Urological InstituteSouth Mead HospitalBristolUK
  5. 5.Department of UrologyMedizinische Hochschule HannoverHannoverGermany
  6. 6.Department of UrologyUniversity of PatrasPatrasGreece

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