Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy performed in a patient with severe thrombocytopenia due to primary myelofibrosis. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) has emerged as a minimally invasive alternative to open radical prostatectomy (ORP) for the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer. In comparison to the open procedure, there is significantly less intra-operative blood loss during RALP. This benefit has allowed RALP to become a feasible option for patients who would be poor candidates for ORP, including those patients with intrinsic hematological disorders. In this case study, we report a successfully performed RALP in a patient with severe thrombocytopenia in the presence of primary myelofibrosis.

publication date

  • August 1, 2009

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2723872

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.5489/cuaj.1134

PubMed ID

  • 19672431

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 3

issue

  • 4