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Benign prostate glands at the bladder neck margin in robotic vs open radical prostatectomy
Author(s) -
Loeb Stacy,
Epstein Jonathan I.,
Ross Ashley E.,
Schultz Luciana,
Humphreys Elizabeth B.,
Jarow Jonathan P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2010.09336.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neck of urinary bladder , prostatectomy , urology , open prostatectomy , surgical margin , biopsy , prostate , surgery , urinary bladder , pathology , resection , cancer
To compare the prevalence and extent of benign glands at the bladder neck (BN) margin in a large population undergoing open retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) and robotic-assisted laparoscopic RP (RALP), as RALP was previously suggested to be associated with a higher rate of benign glands at the surgical margin than RRP.