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Outcome Measures After Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy

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Prostate cancer is the third most common cancer in men, with half a million new diagnosis worldwide yearly [56]. Prostate cancer accounts for approximately 10% of all male cancers and is the second most frequent cause of cancer death in men [38]. Radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) remains the gold standard treatment for organconfined disease. Presently, most open radical prostatectomies are performed using the anatomical principles described by Walsh and Donker [76] and Walsh et al. [77] which have significantly reduced morbidity and mortality and improved postoperative continence and potency. To further reduce postoperative morbidity and improve convalescence, there is increasing interest in the application of laparoscopy in oncology. Laparoscopy has the potential for decreasing surgical morbidity, postoperative pain and narcotic use, blood loss, length of hospital stay, and improve cosmesis and convalescence from smaller incisions compared with open surgical approaches.

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Rodriguez, E., Skarecky, D., Ahlering, T. (2008). Outcome Measures After Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy. In: John, H., Wiklund, P. (eds) Robotic Urology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74140-4_11

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