ReviewResearch and reports in urology2023
Retzius-Sparing Robotic-Assisted Prostatectomy: Technical Challenges for Surgeons and Key Prospective Refinements.
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- Comparison of efficacy of Retzius-sparing radical prostatectomy versus standard radical prostatectomy in the treatment of prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- The space of Retzius: anatomy, imaging features, and patterns of disease spread.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- Retzius-Sparing Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Analysis of Functional and Oncological Outcomes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Surgical Complications in a large series of Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: impact of surgical experience and technical modifications (1016 cases).Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Demonstration of anatomical and technical details of robotic laparoscopic radical prostatectomy as described in the current literature.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Single-port robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy: evaluating the Da Vinci SP system in minimally invasive urologic oncology.World journal of urology · 2025Review
- [Surgical techniques to improve continence after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy based on video-anatomy-a review].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Comparison of Ultrapreservation and Retzius-Sparing Techniques in Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Single-Center Experience.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Oncological Outcomes After Robotic Salvage Radical Prostatectomy in Patients Primarily Treated With Focal Versus Radiation Therapy: A Junior ERUS/YAU Collaborative Study.The Prostate · 2025Article
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- A comparative analysis of robotic prostatectomy techniques post TURP/HOLEP: retzius-sparing vs. non-retzius approaches: evaluation of perioperative, functional, and oncological outcomes.International urology and nephrology · 2025Article
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- Three-Dimensional Virtual Model for Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy (RAPN): Development of Study Protocol for Evaluation of the Learning Curve to Optimize the Precision and Accuracy of the 3D Imaging.Research and reports in urology · 2025Article
- The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Urologic Oncology: Current Insights and Challenges.Research and reports in urology · 2025Review
- [Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy].Magyar onkologia · 2024Review
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Abstract
Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is the gold standard for localized prostate cancer. Several RARP approaches were developed and described over the years, aimed at improving oncological and functional outcomes. In 2010, Galfano et al described a new RARP technique, known as Retzius-sparing RARP (RS-RARP), a posterior approach through the Douglas space that spares the anterior support structures involved with urinary continence and sexual potency. This approach has been used increasingly in many centers around the world comparing its results with those of the most used standard anterior approach. Several randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses demonstrated an important advantage relative to standard anterior RARP in terms of early urinary continence recovery, with comparable perioperative and long-term oncological outcomes. Several surgeons are concerned regarding RS-RARP because it appears to increase the risk of positive surgical margins (PSMs). However, this statement is based on low-certainty evidence. Indeed, the available studies compared the results of surgeons who had an initial experience with posterior RARP with those who had a solid experience with anterior RARP. Recent evidence strongly suggests that RS-RARP is feasible and safe not only in low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer patient but also in challenging scenario such as high-risk setting, salvage prostatectomy and after transurethral resection of the prostate.
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