Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy using the neurovascular structure-adjacent frozen-section examination (NeuroSAFE): results after 20 years of experience.
Francesca AmbrosiniFelix PreisserDerya TilkiHans HeinzerGeorg SalomonUwe MichlThomas SteuberTobias MaurerFelix K H ChunLars BudäusRandi M PoseCarlo TerroneThorsten SchlommPierre TennstedtHartwig HulandMarkus GraefenAlexander HaesePublished in: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases (2024)
While the NeuroSAFE approach did not show significant improvements in long-term oncologic or continence outcomes, it did provide an opportunity for a higher proportion of patients to improve postoperative functional results, possibly through increased nerve-sparing procedures.