Abstract
Robot-assisted Simple Prostatectomy (RASP) Abstract: Surgical treatment of large adenomas of the prostate (> 80g) in men suffering from symptomatic prostate hyperplasia is challenging. Transurethral resection of the prostate (TUR-P), known as the operative gold standard, is not a safe option in large adenomas due to prolonged resection time and the consecutive increased complication rate. For decades, large adenomas were surgically treated by open enucleation. Although the procedure has still its role in surgical treatment of large glands, the perioperative morbidity and complications can be severe. In view of this fact, several new and minimal invasive techniques such as transurethral procedures, mainly using laser technologies (Holmiun-Laser Enucleation, HoLEP and KTP-Laser vaporization, Greenlight™ Laser), have been invented. In addition, the traditional open enucleation of the prostate was performed and evaluated by using conventional laparoscopy and finally by robot-assisted laparoscopy. Meanwhile robot-assisted simple prostatectomy (RASP) and especially its modification with an extraperitoneal extravesical access and intraprostatic reconstruction of the prostatic urethra in order to exclude the prostatic wound bed from the urinary tract with consecutive lower perioperative complication rates are well established procedures to treat large adenomas.
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