Between December 2003 and December 2007, a total of 222 radical transurethral resection of prostate cancer were performed under spinal anesthesia in 170 patients with clinical stages of T1 or T2. Clinical stages were determined according to the UICC TNM staging system of 1997. We informed the patients that the procedure was not a current standard radical method of management, and those who refused this procedure were excluded from the study. We also excluded patients with serious comorbidities that might affect their lives by standard TURP. Patients who gave a written informed consent were eligible for the study in the order they were given a diagnosis of.
