Surgeon's Corner
Intra-abdominal Vest sutures facilitate vesicourethral anastomosis in robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
Publish date: September 1, 2006
David Bowers, MD , James Wilson, MD
David Bowers, MD , James Wilson, MD
Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy requires a new set of skills to perform an old operation. The primary goals of the procedure are to obtain cancer-free margins and a watertight anastomosis. Approximation of the bladder neck is a challenging but essential step, since the anastomosis may leak if the bladder neck is not in close approximation without tension.