Future directions of robotic surgery: a case study of the Cornell athermal robotic technique of prostatectomy.
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.
Leung
Robert A
RA
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Department of Urology, New York, USA.
Kim
Tara S
TS
Tewari
Ashutosh K
AK
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
D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen