"Urethral-Sparing" Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Critical Appraisal of the Safety of the Technique Based on the Histologic Characteristics of the Prostatic Urethra.

Anastasios D Asimakopoulos Filippo AnninoGaia ColalilloRichard GastonThierry PiechaudAlessandro MaurielloUmberto AnceschiFilippo Borri

Published in: Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) (2023)

The exiguity of thickness of the PU chorion, short distance from glandular tissue, and coexistence of PSA-expressing cells in the epithelium raise important concerns about the oncologic safety of EPUP.

Keyphrases

radical prostatectomy
prostate cancer
induced apoptosis
robot assisted
cell cycle arrest
optical coherence tomography
minimally invasive
benign prostatic hyperplasia