Prostatectomy


Ongoing Projects

Assessing where index or composite Gleason score is a better predictor of outcome following RP treatment
Outcomes and survival of patients with synchronous and metachronous node positive (N1) prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy

Our Publications on Prostatectomy

Beattie, K., Symons, J., Chopra, S., Yuen, C., Savdie, R., Thanigasalam, R., … Stricker, P. D. (2013). A novel method of bladder neck imbrication to improve early urinary continence following robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy. Journal of Robotic Surgery , 7 (2), 193–199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-012-0371-2
Cagiannos, I., Karakiewicz, P., Graefen, M., Eastham, J. A., Ohori, M., Rabbani, F., … Kattan, M. W. (2004). Is year of radical prostatectomy a predictor of outcome in prostate cancer? The Journal of Urology , 171 (2 Pt 1), 692–696. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000107260.98031.0e
Doumerc, N., Yuen, C., Savdie, R., Rahman, M. B., Pe Benito, R., & Stricker, P. (2010). Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: analysis of an experienced open surgeon's learning curve after 300 procedures. Journal of Robotic Surgery , 3 (4), 229–234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-010-0171-5
Doumerc, N., Yuen, C., Savdie, R., Rahman, M. B., Rasiah, K. K., Pe Benito, R., … Stricker, P. D. (2010). Should experienced open prostatic surgeons convert to robotic surgery? The real learning curve for one surgeon over 3 years. BJU International , 106 (3), 378–384. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.09158.x
Gondoputro, W., Scheltema, M. J., Blazevski, A., Doan, P., Thompson, J. E., Amin, A., … Stricker, P. D. (2022). Robot-assisted prostate-specific membrane antigen-radioguided surgery in primary diagnosed prostate cancer. Journal of Nuclear Medicine : Official Publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine . https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.121.263743
Gondoputro, W., Thompson, J., Evans, M., Bolton, D., Frydenberg, M., Murphy, D. G., … Papa, N. (2022). How Does Age Affect Urinary Continence following Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy? A Prospective Multi-Institutional Study Using Independently Collected, Validated Questionnaires. The Journal of Urology , 101097JU0000000000002391. https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000002391
Graefen, M., Karakiewicz, P. I., Cagiannos, I., Klein, E., Kupelian, P. A., Quinn, D. I., … Kattan, M. W. (2002). Validation study of the accuracy of a postoperative nomogram for recurrence after radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology , 20 (4), 951–956. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2002.20.4.951
Graefen, M., Karakiewicz, P. I., Cagiannos, I., Quinn, D. I., Henshall, S. M., Grygiel, J. J., … Kattan, M. W. (2002). International validation of a preoperative nomogram for prostate cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology , 20 (15), 3206–3212. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2002.12.019
Gupta, R., O'Connell, R., Haynes, A.-M., Stricker, P. D., Barrett, W., Turner, J. J., … Kench, J. G. (2015). Extraprostatic extension (EPE) of prostatic carcinoma: is its proximity to the surgical margin or Gleason score important? BJU International , 116 (3), 343–350. https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.12911
Karakiewicz, P. I., Eastham, J. A., Graefen, M., Cagiannos, I., Stricker, P. D., Klein, E., … Kattan, M. W. (2005). Prognostic impact of positive surgical margins in surgically treated prostate cancer: multi-institutional assessment of 5831 patients. Urology , 66 (6), 1245–1250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2005.06.108
Moore, B. M., Savdie, R., PeBenito, R. A., Haynes, A.-M., Matthews, J., Delprado, W., … Stricker, P. D. (2012). The impact of nerve sparing on incidence and location of positive surgical margins in radical prostatectomy. BJU International , 109 (4), 533–538. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10361.x
Savdie, R., Horvath, L. G., Benito, R. P., Rasiah, K. K., Haynes, A.-M., Chatfield, M., … Kench, J. G. (2012). High Gleason grade carcinoma at a positive surgical margin predicts biochemical failure after radical prostatectomy and may guide adjuvant radiotherapy. BJU International , 109 (12), 1794–1800. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10572.x
Siriwardana, A., Thompson, J., van Leeuwen, P. J., Doig, S., Kalsbeek, A., Emmett, L., … Stricker, P. (2017). Initial multicentre experience of (68) gallium-PSMA PET/CT guided robot-assisted salvage lymphadenectomy: acceptable safety profile but oncological benefit appears limited. BJU International , 120 (5), 673–681. https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.13919
Sooriakumaran, P., Srivastava, A., Shariat, S. F., Stricker, P. D., Ahlering, T., Eden, C. G., … Tewari, A. K. (2014). A multinational, multi-institutional study comparing positive surgical margin rates among 22393 open, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy patients. European Urology , 66 (3), 450–456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2013.11.018
Thompson, J. E., Egger, S., Böhm, M., Haynes, A.-M., Matthews, J., Rasiah, K., & Stricker, P. D. (2014). Superior quality of life and improved surgical margins are achievable with robotic radical prostatectomy after a long learning curve: a prospective single-surgeon study of 1552 consecutive cases. European Urology , 65 (3), 521–531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2013.10.030
Thompson, J. E., Egger, S., Böhm, M., Siriwardana, A. R., Haynes, A. M., Matthews, J., … Stricker, P. D. (2018). Superior Biochemical Recurrence and Long-term Quality-of-life Outcomes Are Achievable with Robotic Radical Prostatectomy After a Long Learning Curve—Updated Analysis of a Prospective Single-surgeon Cohort of 2206 Consecutive Cases. European Urology , 73 (5), 664–671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2017.11.035