title: Future directions of robotic surgery: a case study of the Cornell athermal robotic technique of prostatectomy.
abstract: Robotic radical prostatectomy (RRP) has become an effective modality in the treatment of localized prostate cancer. We detail the experience at our institution and provide a perspective for future considerations of RRP with respect to improved preoperative imaging and surgical instrumentation.
authors.affiliation: Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Department of Urology, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Tara S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ashutosh K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Tewari
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009873:Operating Rooms; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011788:Quality of Life; D012371:Robotics; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen