St.Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College

We did our institution’s, particularly and our country’s, in general, second Radical Prostatectomy (RP) to be done by Ethiopian urologists. We did the first ever Radical prostatectomy 10 months back here in SPHMMC. Prostate cancer is the second most commonly reported cancer among males worldwide. In Europe, it is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in men. Prostate cancer is also very common in Ethiopia but most patients presented at late stage but currently with advances in imaging and PSA early stage cancers are not uncommon. Radical Prostatectomy (RP) is a procedure that is done for patients who have localized prostate cancer with curative intent. RP was never practiced in our country by Ethiopian surgeon. This endeavor is believed to benefit patients in need and training opportunities in the field. We would like to thank Dr. Teklebirhan Berhe for taking the initiative of starting this procedure. We would also like to thank urology unit, department of surgery, the college as a whole, urology OR nurses, anesthesiology department, anesthetits and the residents who participated in the procedure for their limitless support and extraordinary effort. The patient has smooth post op course and has been transferred to ward after staying overnight in the HDU.
Participants of the procedure
1.  Dr Teklebirhan Berhe……. Team Leader (Main surgeon)
2.  Dr. Mohammed Abdulaziz …. Assistant surgeon
3.  Dr. Mintesnot Tadesse….. R5 resident
4.  Dr. Ali Ibrahim………………..R5 resident
5. Dr. Matias.....................Anesthesiologist
6.  Aynalem and Rabira……… Anesthetists
7.  Sr. Menbere…………………. OR head nurse
8.  Sr. Amarech and Sr. Azeb….. Scrub nurses
9. Ns. Zelalem, Sr. Semira……….. Circulators (Runner Nurses)

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We did our institution’s, particularly and our country’s, in general, second Radical Prostatectomy (RP) to be done by Ethiopian urologists. We did the first ever Radical prostatectomy 10 months back here in SPHMMC. Prostate cancer is the second most commonly reported cancer among males worldwide. In Europe, it is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in men. Prostate cancer is also very common in Ethiopia but most patients presented at late stage but currently with advances in imaging and PSA early stage cancers are not uncommon. Radical Prostatectomy (RP) is a procedure that is done for patients who have localized prostate cancer with curative intent. RP was never practiced in our country by Ethiopian surgeon. This endeavor is believed to benefit patients in need and training opportunities in the field. We would like to thank Dr. Teklebirhan Berhe for taking the initiative of starting this procedure. We would also like to thank urology unit, department of surgery, the college as a whole, urology OR nurses, anesthesiology department, anesthetits and the residents who participated in the procedure for their limitless support and extraordinary effort. The patient has smooth post op course and has been transferred to ward after staying overnight in the HDU.
Participants of the procedure
1.  Dr Teklebirhan Berhe……. Team Leader (Main surgeon)
2.  Dr. Mohammed Abdulaziz …. Assistant surgeon
3.  Dr. Mintesnot Tadesse….. R5 resident
4.  Dr. Ali Ibrahim………………..R5 resident
5. Dr. Matias.....................Anesthesiologist
6.  Aynalem and Rabira……… Anesthetists
7.  Sr. Menbere…………………. OR head nurse
8.  Sr. Amarech and Sr. Azeb….. Scrub nurses
9. Ns. Zelalem, Sr. Semira……….. Circulators (Runner Nurses)

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