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Radical prostatectomy represents the mainstay of therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer. The combination of diagnostic parameters such as PSA or biopsy Gleason grade in nomograms allows a safe prediction of pathologic stage and prognosis of the disease. ⋯ A nerve-sparing modification of the operative technique does not compromise radicality of the procedure if patients are carefully selected. For this purpose simple and reliable algorithms are available.