Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy After SpaceOAR Placement.
Journal:
Urology
PMID:
37085052
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients with prostate cancer are offered a wide range of treatments from radiation therapy to chemotherapy to surgery. When giving radiation therapy, SpaceOAR hydrogel has been part of the standard treatment for the last decade to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure to the rectum. In rare cases, SpaceOAR may be placed but the patient cannot go through with radiation. The hydrogel ideally persists in the body for 3months then gets absorbed at 6months.