Creation of a watertight, secure vesicourethral anastomosis is important in preventing urinary leak after prostatectomy. If a leak occurs, it can have long-term sequelae, including sepsis ...

Anastomosis between the bladder neck and the urethra ... Selection criteria for RALP are virtually the same as those for open radical prostatectomy. Large prostate size or morbid obesity can create ...

"We reconstruct the anterior and posterior parts of the sphincter and surgically join the bladder and the anastomosis (the gap in tissues left by prostatectomy) with the surrounding structures.

With prostatectomy, "we tend to err on the side ... including hospital admissions for urethrovesical anastomosis leak, postoperative hematuria, infected scrotal hematoma, and pelvic hematoma.

Radical prostatectomy (RP) is the standard surgical treatment for localized prostate cancer (PCa), with excellent oncologic outcomes; however, complications such as post-prostatectomy incontinence ...

The median docking time was 5.9 minutes, console time was 87 minutes, and urethrovesical anastomosis time was ... Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy Using the KangDuo Surgical Robot-01 System ...

At the time of a recurrence, biopsy of the anastomosis was not routinely ... If PSA was always detectable after radical prostatectomy, the time of recurrence was defined as time zero.

The quality of vesicourethral anastomosis (VUA) in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) is associated with complications that could significantly affect quality of life. To compare different types ...

Dr. Khurshid Guru answers the question: 'Hospital Stay After Prostatectomy?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: How long will I be in the hospital following my radical laparoscopic, perineal, or ...

Dr. Guru answers the question: 'What Is A Radical Retropubic Prostectomy?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: What is a radical retropubic prostatectomy? Answer: A radical retropubic prostatectomy is one ...

Between 1989 and 1999, we randomly assigned 695 men with early prostate cancer to watchful waiting or radical prostatectomy and followed them through the end of 2012. The primary end points in the ...