Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

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.

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Khavari R, Stamatakis L, Miles B.   Are you the author?

Reference:
Can Urol Assoc J. 2009 Aug;3(4):E23-E24.

PubMed Abstract
PMID:19672431

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