The efficacy of STRATAFIX® spiral PDS for vesicourethral anastomosis during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a single-center retrospective study.

Journal: International urology and nephrology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate the efficacy of continuous suturing using barbed suture for vesicourethral anastomosis (VUA) during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP).

Authors

  • Ichiro Tsuboi
    Faculty of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan. ichiro.tsuboi0810@gmail.com.
  • Kohei Ogawa
    Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8603, Japan.
  • Gen Tanaka
    Faculty of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
  • Kazutaka Mitani
    Faculty of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
  • Saori Yoshioka
    Faculty of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
  • Shuhei Yokoyama
    Faculty of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
  • Hirochika Nakajima
    Faculty of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
  • Taichi Nagami
    Faculty of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.
  • Koichiro Wada