Radical Prostatectomy: From Open to Robotic

PART 1: Pre-Operative Considerations  1. Surgical anatomy of the prostate  2. Cadaveric anatomy of structures related to the prostate  3. Indications for radical prostatectomy  4. Clinical predictors of an organ confined prostate cancer  5. The role of imaging techniques in the staging of an organ confined disease  PART 2: Technical Considerations  6. Anesthesiological care during and after radical prostatectomy  7. Lymphnode dissection  PART 3: Open radical prostatectomy  8. The anatomical radical retropubic prostatectomy step by step  9. Nerve sparing radical prostatectomy  10. Nonnerve sparing radical prostatectomy  11. Nerve grafting  12. Management of intraoperative complications of radical prostatectomy  13. Radical perineal prostatectomy step by step  PART 4: Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy  14. Laparoscopic radical reptropubic prostatectomy step by step: Transperitoneal technique  15. Laparoscopic radical reptropubic prostatectomy step by step: Extraperitoneal technique  PART 5: Robotically-assisted radical prostatectomy  16. A transition from open to robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy: the Vanderbilt experience  17. Radical prostatectomy: Making the Transition from Open to Robotic Surgery: The London experience  18. Radical prostatectomy: Making the Transition from Open to Robotic Surgery: the University of Rochester experience  PART 6: Post-operative considerations  19. Postoperative care of the patient  20. Assessment of radical prostatectomy specimens and pelvic lymph nodes  21. Rehabilitation of sexual function  22. Rehabilitation of continence  23. Oncological management after radical prostatectomy