Methods for determining suitable patients for prostate surgery i

Details Methods for determining suitable patients for prostate surgery i Methods for determining suitable patients for prostate surgery i

1995-02-23

1997-12-02

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to novel methods for determining whether a patient is suitable for prostate surgery, including novel pathology reports and tissue samples. If a patient has a suspicious prostate, a needle biopsy is performed that enables one to map where a tissue anomaly lies with respect to a prostate sextant location, and how far it lies from the prostate capsule. The present method enables a physician to determine if a patient is suitable for prostate surgery, i.e., has at least one malignant tissue anomaly that has not penetrated or is not about to penetrate the prostate capsule. In a preferred form, the present method can enable the physician to determine if a nerve-sparing prostate surgery can be performed on a patient.

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