Abstract:Background: We describe a surgical technique to facilitate very early return of continence and erectile function after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for prostate cancer.
Objective: To describe the “igloo technique” for RARP.
Design, setting, and participants: Prospective study of the first 13 patients to be treated with the igloo technique at a major urban hospital. Only patients without suspected invasion of the neurovascular bundle were included.
Surgical procedure: RARP was performed using “… Show more
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