Patterns of positive surgical margins after open radical prostatectomy and their association with clinical recurrence.

CONCLUSIONS: Men with bilateral PSMs had higher risk to experience CR, suggesting that the different patterns of PSMs, should be considered during patients counseling to guide postoperative treatments. Retrospective nature of the study and restricted number of patients included consist of main limitations. PMID: 31144486 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Minerva Urol Nefrol Source Type: research