Open retropubic radical prostatectomy has been the “gold standard” treatment for locally
confined prostate cancer (PCa) but in recent years minimal invasive techniques as …

For more than two decades, open radical prostatectomy has been considered the gold
standard for the surgical management of prostate cancer. More recently, however …

Purpose. Patients diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer have more surgical
treatment options than in the past. This paper focuses on the procedures′ oncological or …

INTRODUCTION: To review the current status of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP)
and robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RALP) in relation to radical retropubic …

As advances in the understanding of prostatic anatomy led to improvements in functional
and oncologic outcomes after prostatectomy of the past few decades, advances in …

The treatment of prostate cancer has undergone a fundamental change in the last decade.
New surgical and nonsurgical minimal invasive methods have evolved. As the methodology …

Open radical prostatectomy (ORP) is the reference standard for the surgical management of
localized prostate cancer. With wider availability of minimally invasive radical prostatectomy …

Radical prostatectomy has maintained paramount importance in prostate cancer
management. Emerging alternative treatments are laparoscopic and robotic prostatectomy …

Radical prostatectomy represents the standard of care for surgical treatment of clinically
localized prostate cancer. First described in 1904, the operation became widely performed …

PURPOSE: We compared the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic and open radical
prostatectomy through a systematic assessment of the literature. MATERIALS AND …