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Prostatectomy Report Card
The
Prostate and Urologic Cancer Program
at Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin maintains an extensive database of surgery patients. The data below reflects men who had a prostatectomy (removal of the prostate gland) for the treatment for prostate cancer. This surgery is used if the cancer appears not to have spread outside the gland.
Key measures for
open prostatectomies
performed between Jan. 1, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2010, and
robotic prostatectomies
performed between Jan. 1, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2010, are shown below.
Key Measures: Open Radical Prostatectomy and Robotic Prostatectomy
Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Open data: Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2010
Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Robotic data: Jan. 2010 – Dec. 2010
Outcome Measure
Open Procedure
Robotic Procedure
Number of Procedures
114
60
Average Length of Surgery
189 minutes
186 minutes
Average Length of Stay
40 hours
32 hours
Average Blood Loss
359 milliliters
204 milliliters
Transfusion Rate
1.8 percent
0 percent
Complications
2.6 percent
1.7 percent
The above information addresses the
Institute of Medicine’s aim
for health care that is
safe and effective
.
Last Review Date: Sept 6, 2011
Online Editor(s): Kathryn Adam