UP-099-c06 Transplant & specialist late
Focal ablation for localised prostate cancer
Erectile or ejaculatory dysfunction
Neurovascular and gland treatment can alter erection, ejaculation and fertility.
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Interactive 3D The operation this complication belongs to: Focal ablation for localised prostate cancer Interactive focal ablation planning and delivery Open the 3D animation 01 Variation coverage
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02 Evidence
Sources
European Association of Urology EAU Guidelines on Prostate Cancer - Treatment
Radical prostatectomy, lymph-node dissection and selected focal-treatment context.
Accessed 2026-08-03 · opens source British Association of Urological Surgeons Patient information leaflets by procedureUK patient-facing procedure, alternatives, recovery and complication framing.
Accessed 2026-08-03 · opens source03 Same procedure
Other Focal prostate therapy complication modules
multiple Urinary retention, slough or bladder-outlet obstruction early Urinary infection or sepsis multiple Rectourethral fistula or rectal injury late Urethral stricture or bladder-neck stenosis late Urinary incontinence late Residual, recurrent or out-of-field cancer multiple Salvage-healing complication
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