PURPOSE To review the literature and present a current picture of the evolution in radical prostatectomy from the laparoscopic point of view. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted an extensive Medline literature search. Articles obtained regarding laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) and our experience at Institut Montsouris were used for reassessing anatomical and technical issues in radica...

Objectives: To determine whether assessing expression of MUC1 and ZAG proteins in prostate biopsies, by immunohistochemistry, improves prediction of radical prostatectomy histopathology, which in turn predicts longer-term outcomes. Methods: We studied 231 consecutive patients managed by two experienced urologic surgeons (MF, LH). Each patient had prostate biopsies revealing cancer followed by a...

BACKGROUND Injury to the prostatic plexus may occur during radical prostatectomy even with the use of minimally invasive techniques. Reconstruction of these nerves by interpositional nerve grafting can be performed to reduce morbidity. Although the feasibility of nerve reconstruction has been shown, long-term functional outcomes are mixed, and the role of nerve grafting in these patients remain...

PURPOSE It is not yet possible to estimate the number of cases required for a beginner to become expert in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. We estimated the learning curve of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy for positive surgical margins compared to a published learning curve for open radical prostatectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed records from 8,544 consecutive patients with pr...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Although many features of robotic prostatectomy are similar to those of conventional laparoscopic urological procedures (such as laparoscopic prostatectomy), the procedure is associated with some drawbacks, which include limited intravenous access, relatively long operating time, deep Trendelenburg position, and high intra-abdominal pressure. The primary aim was to des...

Sir,?Regarding the " Geographical distribution of the Prostatectomy operation " as mentioned in the reports of the eight c:ises of Prostatectomy by Capt. E. Owen Thurston, F.R.c.s., Civil Surgeon, Gaya, in your issue for February 191)9, I beg to inform you that, during my one year's service at the Dhubri Hospital (Assam) under Capt. H. Gidney, F.R.C.S.E., I.M.S., I had the good fortune to come ...

PROBABLY this book presents the contribution of modern biochemistry to some branches of medicine better than any other recent text-book. After a good discussion of the chemical structure of living matter, in which proteins are well described and carbohydrates, lipoids, and the various special constituents of different tissues adequately considered, the authors discuss aspects of the control and...

Bargaining with reading habit is no need. Reading is not kind of something sold that you can take or not. It is a thing that will change your life to life better. It is the thing that will give you many things around the world and this universe, in the real world and here after. As what will be given by this should penile rehabilitation become the norm following radical prostatectomy point coun...

[This corrects the article on p. 152 in vol. 58.].