A prospective randomized controlled trial for assessment of perineal hydrodissection technique for nervesparing robot assisted radical prostatectomy.

Gencay HatibogluT SimpfendörferL UhlmannM A BergeroS Macher-GoeppingerS PahernikB HadaschikM HohenfellnerD Teber

Published in: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS (2017)

Erectile function after radical prostatectomy was improved by perineal hydrodissection in this proof of principal study. However, careful patient selection and further studies are needed as perineal hydrodissection could result in increased positive surgical margins in pT3a tumors.

Keyphrases

radical prostatectomy
prostate cancer
robot assisted
minimally invasive
case report
clinical trial
open label
study protocol
randomized controlled trial
double blind
case control