Impact of prostatic shape on the difficulty of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Journal: Asian journal of endoscopic surgery
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: To investigate the impact of prostatic shape observed on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the difficulty of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP).

Authors

  • Ken Kamisawa
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kazuhiro Matsumoto
    Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
  • Toshikazu Takeda
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kimiharu Takamatsu
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Naoya Niwa
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yota Yasumizu
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Nobuyuki Tanaka
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Shinya Morita
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Takeo Kosaka
  • Ryuichi Mizuno
    Department of Urology Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
  • Hiroshi Asanuma
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Mototsugu Oya
    Department of Urology Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.