Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 10
Foreword......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
CHAPTER 1. Surgical anatoy of the prostate......Page 20
CHAPTER 2. Cadaveric anatomy of structures related to the prostate......Page 30
CHAPTER 3. Indications for radical prostatectomy......Page 42
CHAPTER 4. Clinical predictors of organ-confined prostate cancer......Page 58
CHAPTER 5. The role of imaging techniques in the staging of suspected organ-confined disease......Page 72
CHAPTER 6. Anesthesiological care during and after radical prostatectomy......Page 90
CHAPTER 7. Lymph node dissection......Page 100
CHAPTER 8. The anatomical radical retropubic prostatectomy step by step......Page 112
CHAPTER 9. Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy......Page 144
CHAPTER 10. Non-nverve-sparing radical prostatectomy......Page 160
CHAPTER 11. Nerve grafting......Page 170
CHAPTER 12. Management of intraoperative complications associated with open radical prostatectomy......Page 178
CHAPTER 13. Radical perineal prostatectomy step by step......Page 186
CHAPTER 14. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy step by step: Transperitoneal approach......Page 196
CHAPTER 15. Laparoscopic radical retropubic prostatectomy step by step: Extraperitoneal techique......Page 206
CHAPTER 16. A transition from open to robot-assistd laparoscopic prostatectomy: the Vanderbilt experience......Page 220
CHAPTER 17. Radical prostatectomy-making the transition from open to robotic surgery: the London experience......Page 236
CHAPTER 18. Radical prostatectomy: Making the transition from laparoscopic to robotic surgery: the University of Rochester experience......Page 248
CHAPTER 19. Postoperative care of the patient......Page 256
CHAPTER 20. Assessment of radical prostatectomy specimens and pelvic lymph nodes......Page 264
CHAPTER 21. Rehabilitation of sexual function......Page 282
CHAPTER 22. Rehabilitation of continence......Page 298
CHAPTER 23. Oncological management after radical prostatectomy......Page 304
Index......Page 316