Posterior musculofascial reconstruction after radical prostatectomy: a systematic review of the literature.

  • Bernardo Rocco
  • Gabriele Cozzi
  • Matteo G Spinelli
  • Rafael F Coelho
  • Vipul R Patel
  • Ashutosh Tewari
  • Peter Wiklund
  • Markus Graefen
  • Alex Mottrie
  • Franco Gaboardi
  • Inderbir S Gill
  • Francesco Montorsi
  • Walter Artibani
  • Francesco Rocco

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Abstract

In 2001, Rocco et al. described a surgical technique whose aim was the reconstruction of the posterior musculofascial plate after radical prostatectomy (RP) to improve early return to urinary continence. Since then, many surgeons have applied this technique-either as it was described or with some modification-to open, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted RP.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number5
ISSN0302-2838
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22664219