UP-099-c03 Transplant & specialist multiple
Focal ablation for localised prostate cancer
Rectourethral fistula or rectal injury
Energy spread into the rectal wall can cause a severe delayed fistula.
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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 late Urethral stricture or bladder-neck stenosis late Urinary incontinence late Erectile or ejaculatory dysfunction late Residual, recurrent or out-of-field cancer multiple Salvage-healing complication
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