Effects of interval time between prostate biopsy and surgery on laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the length of interval time between biopsy and laparascopic radical prostatectomy in difficulty and effects of surgery. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 89 cases of laparascopic radical prostatectomy from June 2011 to September 2013. The patients were divided into two groups according to the interval time of 6 weeks. The mean interval time was 3.1 weeks (ranging from 1.5 to 4.4 weeks) in group IT 0.05). No statistical significance existed in the operation time, blood loss, positive margin rate, post-operative hospital stay, urinary continence rate at 3 months after operation, postoperative differences of clinical recurrence rates. CONCLUSION: The length of interval time between prostate biopsy and laparascopic radical prostatectomy does not influence the difficulty and effect in the early stage, and the long time survival and recurrent rate need further observation.