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Prostate and Urologic Cancer Reports
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. |
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Key measures for open prostatectomies and robotic prostatectomies performed between Jan. 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008, are shown below.
Key Measures: Open Radical Prostatectomy and Laparoscopic Prostatectomy
* See graphs below this chart for historical trends on these selected outcomes measures
FMCW = Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Statistics: Jan. 2007 – June 2008; NAT = National Statistics: Jan. 2003 – Dec. 2005 (See reference below chart)
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| Outcome Measure |
FMCW
Open Procedure |
NAT
Open Procedure |
FMCW
Lap. Procedure |
NAT
Lap. Procedure |
* Number of Procedures
(Total cases by surgical mocality, for interval)
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121 |
818 |
68 |
612 |
Average Length of Surgery
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189 minutes |
188 minutes |
357 minutes |
199 minutes |
Average Length of Stay
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45 hours |
79 hours |
61 hours |
48 hours |
| Average Blood Loss |
425 milliliters |
1,267milliliters |
388 milliliters |
315 milliliters |
| Transfusion Rate |
0.8 percent |
49 percent |
0 percent |
3 percent |
12 month potency
(Normal pre-op function with bilateral nerve preservation)
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73 percent |
42 percent |
Analysis in progress |
42 percent |
12 month continence
Percentage of men meeting accepted, quantitative definition of urinary continence (less than 1gm leakage on 1 hour pad test) within 12 months following surgery
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85 percent |
75 percent |
Analysis in progress |
48 percent |
Serious Complications
Rectal injury, ICU admission, myocardial infarction (heart attack), unable to perform, or pulmonary embolism within 30 days following surgery
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0.8 percent (all complications noted in first column) |
0.8 percent (myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism only) |
0 percent (all complications in first column) |
1 percent (myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism only) |
National Statistics Source: Touijer, K., et. al. Comprehensive Prospective Comparative Analysis of Outcomes Between Open and Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Conducted in 2003 to 2005; The Journal of Urology, May 2008, Vol. 179:1811-1817
The following four charts compare open and robotic prostatectomy data over two years:
Author: Marla Fraunfelder Date: Aug. 20, 2009 | Medical Reviewer: | William See, MD |
Last Review Date: Aug. 20, 2009 |
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