Difference between revisions of "Prostate gland"

Positivity rate varies substantially (13-44%):  

*Norway: 26% -- strong dependence on surgeon volume (18% high case load vs. 44% low case load).<ref name=pmid22860630>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Steinsvik | first1 = EA. | last2 = Axcrona | first2 = K. | last3 = Angelsen | first3 = A. | last4 = Beisland | first4 = C. | last5 = Dahl | first5 = A. | last6 = Eri | first6 = LM. | last7 = Haug | first7 = ES. | last8 = Svindland | first8 = A. | last9 = Fosså | first9 = S. | title = 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. | journal = Scand J Urol Nephrol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Aug | year = 2012 | doi = 10.3109/00365599.2012.707684 | PMID = 22860630 }}</ref>

*France: 13-17%.<ref name=pmid22860572>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Koutlidis | first1 = N. | last2 = Mourey | first2 = E. | last3 = Champigneulle | first3 = J. | last4 = Mangin | first4 = P. | last5 = Cormier | first5 = L. | title = Robot-assisted or pure laparoscopic nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy: What is the optimal procedure for the surgical margins? A single center experience. | journal = Int J Urol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jul | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2012.03102.x | PMID = 22860572 }}</ref>