Nerve-sparing during robotic radical prostatectomy: use of computer modeling and anatomic data to establish critical steps and maneuvers

Ashutosh Tewari; Assaad El-Hakim; Wolfgang Horninger; Reinhard Peschel; Deidre Coll; Georg Bartsch

doi:10.1007/s11934-005-0080-8

Nerve-sparing during robotic radical prostatectomy: use of computer modeling and anatomic data to establish critical steps and maneuvers

Curr Urol Rep. 2005 Mar;6(2):126-8. doi: 10.1007/s11934-005-0080-8.

Authors

Ashutosh Tewari¹, Assaad El-Hakim, Wolfgang Horninger, Reinhard Peschel, Deidre Coll, Georg Bartsch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, Starr 900, New York, NY 10021, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 15717970
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-005-0080-8

Abstract

This paper is aimed at focusing on the nerve-sparing aspect of the robotic prostatectomy. It reviews the existing principles and presents the arguments based on robotic fresh cadaver dissections and from actual robotic prostatectomy cases.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Review

MeSH terms

Cadaver
Clinical Trials as Topic
Computer Simulation
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Models, Biological
Neoplasm Staging
Patient Satisfaction
Prostate / anatomy & histology
Prostate / innervation*
Prostatectomy / instrumentation*
Prostatectomy / methods
Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery*
Risk Assessment
Robotics*
Therapy, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Treatment Outcome