Critical review of ‘pentafecta’ outcomes after robot‐assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy in high‐volume centres

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 108; no. 6b; pp. 1007 - 1017
• Main Authors: Patel, Vipul R., Abdul‐Muhsin, Haidar M., Schatloff, Oscar, Coelho, Rafael F., Valero, Rair, Ko, Young H., Sivaraman, Ananthakrishnan, Palmer, Kenneth J., Chauhan, Sanket
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2011; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Disease-Free Survival; Erectile Dysfunction - etiology; Humans; Laparoscopy - adverse effects; Laparoscopy - methods; Male; Medical research; Middle Aged; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - methods; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); outcomes; pentafecta; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Prostate cancer; prostatectomy; Prostatectomy - adverse effects; Prostatectomy - methods; Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery; Robotics; robot‐assisted; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - adverse effects; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - methods; Treatment Outcome; Urinary Incontinence - etiology

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? We have earlier proposed ‘pentafecta’ as an ideal outcome assessment tool after robotic prostatectomy instead of the classically used ‘tritecta’. This was done to meet the demands and expectations of the prostate cancer patients from min...