Does a surgeon's annual radical prostatectomy volume predict the risk of positive surgical margins and urinary incontinence at one-year follow-up? Findings from a prospective national study.
National Resource Center for Late Effects after Cancer Treatment, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Norway. andreas.steinsvik@ous-hf.no
This study aimed to assess the prevalence of positive surgical margins (PSM) and urinary incontinence (UI) in relation to surgeons' annual radical prostatectomy (RP) volume.
This national study prospectively assessed 521 preoperatively continent patients with prostate cancer (PCa), scheduled for RP by surgeons with high (>50), medium (20-50) or low annual volume ( 10 µg/l, Gleason score >7, patient age >65 years and
