The delivery of radical prostatectomy to treat men with prostate cancer.

Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), (distributor.). Canadian Institute for Health Information, (issuing body.). Coherent Digital (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: This report describes surgery for prostate cancer in Canada from 2006-2007 to 2012-2013, with a focus on radical prostatectomy (RP), a potentially curative surgical intervention. RP completely removes the prostate, surrounding tissue and seminal vesicles and is indicated when the cancer is confined to the prostate gland. RP may be performed using either an open procedure, where surgeons make an incision into the lower abdomen (retropubic), or minimally invasive laparoscopic approaches. RPs performed laparoscopically are associated with lower rates of complications compared with the open approach. This report describes trends in surgical approaches to prostate cancer by province and territory, as well as the extent to which length of stay, duration of surgery and hospital readmission vary by surgical approach.

Record details

ISBN: 9781771093101
Physical Description: 1 electronic text (13 pages) : illustrations.
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Computer data.
Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Institute for Health Information = Institut canadien d'information sur la santé, 2014.
Distributor: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.
Copyright: ©2014

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General Note:	"8181-0814." "August 2014." CatMonthString:january.23 Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 11-13).
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by Canada Commons.