First robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in a client-owned Bernese mountain dog with prostatic adenocarcinoma.

Journal: Veterinary surgery : VS
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and report the short-term outcome of a dog with prostatic cancer treated with RARP.

Authors

  • Alexander Schlake
    Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
  • Paolo Dell'Oglio
    Division of Oncology/Unit of Urology, Urological Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
  • Nausikaa Devriendt
    Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
  • Lisa Stammeleer
    Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
  • Anna Binetti
    Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
  • Kevin Bauwens
    ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium.
  • Naomi Terriere
    ORSI Academy, Melle, Belgium.
  • Jimmy Saunders
    Department for Medical Imaging of Animals and Orthopedics of Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
  • Alexandre Mottrie
    ORSI Academy Melle Belgium.
  • Hilde de Rooster
    Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.