The influence of secondary resection using NeuroSAFE-technique on sexual function in unilateral nerve-sparing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomies.

Journal: Scandinavian journal of urology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the surgical influence of secondary resection on sexual function in finally unilateral nerve-sparing robot- assisted laparoscopic prostatectomies (RALPs) performed with the 'neurovascular structure-adjacent frozen-section examination' (NeuroSAFE) technique by prospectively collecting EPIC-26-questionnaires.

Authors

  • Mirjam Naomi Mohr
    Department of Urology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany. mirjamnaomi.mohr@med.uni-goettingen.de.
  • Annemarie Uhlig
    2 Department of Urology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
  • Hannah Maria Ploeger
    Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
  • Oliver Hahn
    Department of Urology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
  • Lutz Trojan
    Department of Urology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
  • Mathias Reichert
    Department of Urology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.