Laparoscopic Vs. Open Prostatectomy Outcomes

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00695773

Enrollment

158

Registered

2008-06-12

Start date

2006-02-28

Completion date

2008-11-30

Last updated

2008-12-01

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Conditions

Prostate Cancer Surgery

Keywords

Prostate Cancer Surgery, Laparoscopic surgery for Prostate Cancer, Prostatectomy, Urologic Surgical Procedures

Brief summary

This study is aimed at discovering the differences in outcomes, regarding quality of life issues(continence, impotence) of patients who have had either laparoscopic or open surgical technique for prostate cancer.

Detailed description

This study is a post surgical, data collection effort in order to gather definitive, Quality of Life(continence, impotence) information regarding the outcomes of patients who have undergone either Laparoscopic vs. Prostatectomy surgeries for Prostate Cancer. As part of the study, 200 subject's medical records will be retrospectively reviewed and 100 current subjects will be prospectively contacted. The information collected may benefit patients who undergo a prostatectomy

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Subjects who have undergone a prostatectomy

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The post-surgical questionnaire information collected will be used to determine any benefits to future patients who are to undergo a prostatectomy	Post Surgical

Countries

United States

Outcome results