Prostatectomy Articles & Analysis
7 articles found
Through 30 months of follow-up monitoring, none of the 32 enrolled patients showed detectable prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels 12 months after prostatectomy. The drug has been proven to be well-tolerated, with no reports of surgical delays or medical complications during or after surgery. ...
Introduction & Objectives Efforts to improve continence after robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) have focused on preserving periurethral and bladder neck tissue and techniques involving posterior reconstructions and anterior suspensions. ...
Objectives Preservation of nerves during da Vinci prostatectomy (dVP) has been clinically proven to be critical to preservation of urinary function and surgeon perception has been shown to be a poor predictor of nerve location during dVP. ...
Background Since Walsh and Donker first introduced the anatomic nerve-sparing technique for retropubic radical prostatectomy1 (RRP) in the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer, the importance of minimizing damage to the neurovascular bundle (NVB) has been recognized as a critical element for the preservation of potency and urinary continence post-prostatectomy. ...
Periprostatic nerves are at risk of injury during radical prostatectomy; this study aimed to establish the location of somatic nerves with respect to the prostate and the neurovascular bundle. ...
Inconsistent data is out on this subject: A study published by the British Journal of Urology found that when utilizing the da Vinci robotic system for prostatectomy cases, blood loss only dropped significantly after 50 procedures and that a decrease in the complication rate only occurred after 150 cases. ...
We attempted to measure the overall accuracy of intra-operative surgeon perception on the functional outcome of early continence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). A single experienced surgeon (D.I.L.) used a scoring sheet to prospectively capture his subjective opinion of how well a particular portion of the RARP procedure was completed. ...