Prostate cancer represents the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and is the second-leading cause of cancer related death in the United States. Primary treatment for prostate cancer includes radiotherapy or ablative procedures such as cryotherapy,...
The urology community has adopted robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) as the most preferred surgical therapeutic approach in the management of localized prostate cancer. Safety and potential complications of RARP should be clearly known prior...
OBJECTIVE: To review the literature evaluating the role of the extended pelvic lymph node dissectione PLND during robot assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in the management of PCa patients, as well as the preoperative clinic pathologic factors tha...
OBJECTIVE: Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP) is nowadays considered the main surgical option for localized prostate cancer (PCa). We recently developed a new approach for RARP avoiding all the Retzius structures involved in ...
OBJECTIVE: Advancements in the robotic surgical technology have revolutionized the standard of care for many surgical procedures. The purpose of this review is to focus on the different issues involved in developmental phase of starting a robotic pro...
As robotics are becoming more integrated into the medical field, robotic training is becoming more crucial in order to overcome the lack of experienced robotic surgeons. However, there are several obstacles facing the development of robotic training ...
OBJECTIVE: Laparoscopic adenomectomy (LA) is an effective procedure for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), which reproduces the surgical steps of the open adenomectomy (OA) by a minimally invasive approach to obtain the favorable re...