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ArticleNorthern clinics of Istanbul2021

Bladder neck sparing during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: Six-year experience.

Sercan Yilmaz, Esat Ak, Eymen Gazel, Serdar Yalcin, Kenan Yigit Yildiz, Lutfi Tunc

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Article in Northern clinics of Istanbul, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Sercan YilmazDepartment of Urology, Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Esat AkDepartment of Urology, Mersin Training and Research City Hospital, Mersin, Turkey.
Eymen GazelDepartment of Urology, Ankara Acibadem Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Serdar YalcinDepartment of Urology, Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Kenan Yigit YildizDepartment of Urology, Kackar Government Hospital, Rize, Turkey.
Lutfi TuncDepartment of Urology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Gülhane Askerî Tıp Akademisi · TR

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Abstract

objectiveProstate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among men in developed countries. Radical prostatectomy (RP) is the standard surgical treatment for patients with organ-confined disease and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) procedures get more popular in the past 20 years. The most important factor of continence after RP is the preservation of the functional sphincter mechanisms. Tunc et al. described the novel bladder neck preserving technique in RALRP in 2015. The purpose of this study is to present our long-term results of our novel technique during RALP performed by single surgeon (LT).

methodsIn this study, 331 patients who went under procedure RALP between January 2012 and December 2017 analyzed retrospectively. Bladder neck sparing technique was performed for all patients used by a four-armed da Vinci robotic surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA). Quality of life (QoL) scores were assessed before RALP, after urethral catheter removal, and at the 1

resultsThe mean operation time, docking time, and anastomosis time were 76.9±28.9, 7.2±2.2, and 18±3.1 min, respectively. Estimated blood loss was 51.6±22.9 ml. The mean hospital stay was 2.2±0.8 days. The mean duration of the catheter was 7.1±1.3 days. After catheter removal, 310 (93.6%) of patients were continent immediately. During follow-up, 318 (96%) were continent after 1 month and 329 (99.3%) were totally continent after 1 year. No patient received surgical treatment for stress incontinence.

conclusionSince we have defined bladder neck sparing technique, we have realized that our technique is very effective with our long-term results. Our novel technique provided very early continence at the time of catheter removal after RALP within short-term follow-up in addition to favorable oncologic results.

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Bladder neck sparingcontinenceprostate cancerrobot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

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