The Significance of Positive Surgical Margin in Areas of Capsular Incision in Otherwise Organ Confined Disease at Radical Prostatectomy

Abstract

Isolated capsular incision into tumor is uncommon in cases of radical prostatectomy performed by experienced urologists, typically Gleason score 6, and most common in the neurovascular bundle region. Isolated capsular incision has a higher recurrence rate than organ confined or focal extraprostatic extension margin negative disease, yet a lower recurrence rate than extensive extraprostatic extension margin positive tumor, and a worse prognosis with greater extent of capsular incision.