Retrograde Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Prostatectomy (RELP). A Prospective Study about 1,000 Consecutive Patients, with Oncological and Functional Results. Dubernard, P., Chaffange, P., Pacheco, P., Pricaz, E., Vaziri, N., Vinet, M., Chalabreysse, P., Rochat, C., Ficheur, G., & Chazard, E. Urology Journal, July, 2021.
doi  abstract   bibtex   
PURPOSE: Usual laparoscopic surgery of localized prostate cancer uses antegrade dissection. We describe and evaluate the original RELP (Retrograde Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Prostatectomy). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective cohort of 1005 patients with clinical localized cancer prostate were operated from December 1999 to September 2013, in Lyon (France), and followed up to 172 months (median: 60 months). Patients encountered a RELP procedure, a totally extra-peritoneal approach with a retrograde dissection from the apex to the bladder neck, and ascending dissection of the erectile neurovascular bundles, facilitated by the 30° optic telescope. Adjunctive treatments were: immediate radiotherapy (9.2%), salvage radiotherapy (13.4%), androgen deprivation therapy (10.8%), chemotherapy (1.4%), no treatment (75.8%). Results The mean age was 63.4, the Gleason score was 4+3 or worse in 24.9%, there were 2.3% unifocal tumors. The pathology stages were pT2A (8.71%), pT2B (2.80%), pT2C (69.0%), pT3A (13.1%), and pT3B (6.41%). There were 60.8% negative margins (R0) in total (90.1% for basal locations, and 75.8% for apical locations). The mean operating time was 115 minutes for the last 100 patients. The BPFSR (biological progression free survival rate, PSA≤0.10 ng/ml) was 71.9% at 5 years, and 61.4% at 10 years. The cancer specific survival rate was 99.4% at 5 years, and 98.3% at 10 years. After 12 months, 88.6% of patients did not require an incontinence pad, and 67.0% retained the pre-operative quality of their erection. CONCLUSION: RELP yields good oncologic results and quality of life, as good as robot-assisted surgery.
@article{dubernard_retrograde_2021,
	title = {Retrograde {Extraperitoneal} {Laparoscopic} {Prostatectomy} ({RELP}). {A} {Prospective} {Study} about 1,000 {Consecutive} {Patients}, with {Oncological} and {Functional} {Results}},
	issn = {1735-546X},
	doi = {10.22037/uj.v18i.6233},
	abstract = {PURPOSE: Usual laparoscopic surgery of localized prostate cancer uses antegrade dissection. We describe and evaluate the original RELP (Retrograde Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Prostatectomy).
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective cohort of 1005 patients with clinical localized cancer prostate were operated from December 1999 to September 2013, in Lyon (France), and followed up to 172 months (median: 60 months). Patients encountered a RELP procedure, a totally extra-peritoneal approach with a retrograde dissection from the apex to the bladder neck, and ascending dissection of the erectile neurovascular bundles, facilitated by the 30° optic telescope. Adjunctive treatments were: immediate radiotherapy (9.2\%), salvage radiotherapy (13.4\%), androgen deprivation therapy (10.8\%), chemotherapy (1.4\%), no treatment (75.8\%). Results The mean age was 63.4, the Gleason score was 4+3 or worse in 24.9\%, there were 2.3\% unifocal tumors. The pathology stages were pT2A (8.71\%), pT2B (2.80\%), pT2C (69.0\%), pT3A (13.1\%), and pT3B (6.41\%). There were 60.8\% negative margins (R0) in total (90.1\% for basal locations, and 75.8\% for apical locations). The mean operating time was 115 minutes for the last 100 patients. The BPFSR (biological progression free survival rate, PSA≤0.10 ng/ml) was 71.9\% at 5 years, and 61.4\% at 10 years. The cancer specific survival rate was 99.4\% at 5 years, and 98.3\% at 10 years. After 12 months, 88.6\% of patients did not require an incontinence pad, and 67.0\% retained the pre-operative quality of their erection.
CONCLUSION: RELP yields good oncologic results and quality of life, as good as robot-assisted surgery.},
	language = {eng},
	journal = {Urology Journal},
	author = {Dubernard, Pierre and Chaffange, Pierre and Pacheco, Philippe and Pricaz, Elie and Vaziri, Nader and Vinet, Maxime and Chalabreysse, Philippe and Rochat, Charles-Henry and Ficheur, Grégoire and Chazard, Emmanuel},
	month = jul,
	year = {2021},
	pmid = {34308534},
	keywords = {Functional Results, Laparoscopy, Oncological Results, Prostatectomy, Prostatic Neoplasms, Retrograde Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Prostatectomy},
}

Downloads: 0