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Preserving continence during robotic prostatectomyThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Curr Urol Rep 14:52-8. 2013..This review will examine definitions of continence and urinary quality of life evaluation, technical aspects and the impact of patient-related factors affecting time to and overall continence...- Overcoming obstacles: nerve-sparing issues in radical prostatectomyThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California 92868, USA
J Endourol 22:745-50. 2008..Our goal was to compare intensity of injury and ability to recover potency in order to stratify risk by injury type... - Evaluation of long-term thermal injury using cautery during nerve sparing robotic prostatectomyThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, California 92868 3298, USA
Urology 72:1371-4. 2008..We previously reported the short-term benefit of a cautery-free versus cautery technique. To assess long-term consequences of cautery, we report 2-year potency outcomes for these robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomies (RLP)... - Prostate weight and early potency in robot-assisted radical prostatectomyThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California 92868, USA
Urology 72:1263-8. 2008..In an attempt to understand this difference, we examine factors potentially influencing potency at 3 months... 
Impact of cautery versus cautery-free preservation of neurovascular bundles on early return of potencyThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, University of California, Orange, California 92868, USA
J Endourol 20:586-9. 2006..To update our short-term potency outcomes from a cautery-free (CFT) versus bipolar cautery technique to preserve the neurovascular bundles (NVB) during robotic laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RLP)...- Robotic versus laparoscopic radical prostatectomyThomas E Ahlering
Division of Urology in the University of California at Irvine Medical Center, Orange County 92868, USA
Nat Clin Pract Urol 1:58-9. 2004 - Rapid communication: early potency outcomes with cautery-free neurovascular bundle preservation with robotic laparoscopic radical prostatectomyThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California 92868, USA
J Endourol 19:715-8. 2005..To report short-term potency outcomes with a cautery-free technique (CFT) to preserve the neurovascular bundles (NVB) during robotic laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP)... - Feasibility study for robotic radical prostatectomy cautery-free neurovascular bundle preservationThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center, Orange, California 92868, USA
Urology 65:994-7. 2005..We evaluated the feasibility of preserving the nerve bundles without cautery or surgical clips... - Long-term outcome of detectable PSA levels after radical prostatectomyT E Ahlering
Department of Urology, UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, USA
Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 8:163-6. 2005..Following RP many patients may have a detectable PSA that does not require treatment. PSA doubling time (< 12 months) was the best predictor of disease progression... - Seminal vesicle involvement in patients with D1 disease predicts early prostate specific antigen recurrence and metastasis after radical prostatectomy and early androgen ablationThomas E Ahlering
Division of Urology, University of California at Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, USA
Cancer 94:1648-53. 2002..In the current study, the authors present data with which to evaluate and define factors for disease progression in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy with lymph node positive disease who are treated with early endocrine ablation... - Impact of obesity on clinical outcomes in robotic prostatectomyThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center, Orange, California 92868, USA
Urology 65:740-4. 2005..Little is known about the impact of obesity (BMI greater than 30) on the clinical outcomes of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy... - Hypothermic nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy: rationale, feasibility, and effect on early continenceDavid S Finley
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center, Orange, California 92868 3298, USA
Urology 73:691-6. 2009..Surgical excision of the prostate during radical prostatectomy causes inflammatory damage to the surrounding neuromuscular tissues that could affect urinary continence... - Sacrifice of accessory pudendal arteries in normally potent men during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy does not impact potencyGeoffrey N Box
Department of Urology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
J Sex Med 7:298-303. 2010..Herein, we present our potency results relative to sacrificing APAs in normally pre-potent men following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP)... - Combined inguinal hernia repair with prosthetic mesh during transperitoneal robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a 4-year experienceDavid S Finley
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, Orange, California, USA
J Urol 178:1296-9; discussion 1299-300. 2007..We report our experience with concomitant transperitoneal robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and intraperitoneal inguinal herniorrhaphy using prosthetic mesh... - Successful transfer of open surgical skills to a laparoscopic environment using a robotic interface: initial experience with laparoscopic radical prostatectomyThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, University of California-Irvine, UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA
J Urol 170:1738-41. 2003..This outcome is comparable to the reported experience of skilled laparoscopic surgeons after more than 100 LRPs... - Update on robotic laparoscopic radical prostatectomyGarrett S Matsunaga
Division of Urological Oncology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Department of Urology, Orange, CA 92868, USA
ScientificWorldJournal 6:2542-52. 2006..Herein, we review the technique and outcomes of robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP)... - Impact of urethral stump length on continence and positive surgical margins in robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomyJames F Borin
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California 92868, USA
Urology 70:173-7. 2007..Herein we assess whether a more aggressive urethral transection will reduce positive margins and whether reduced urethral length affects return to continence... - Robotic laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with a single assistantDavid I Lee
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center, Orange, California 92868, USA
Urology 63:1172-5. 2004..Right or left-handed dominance determines on which side the assistant should be positioned. In contrast to the console surgeon, the assistant should have intermediate to advanced laparoscopic skills... - Hypothermic robotic radical prostatectomy: impact on continenceDavid S Finley
Institute of Urologic Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Endourol 23:1443-50. 2009..e., bladder, urethra, and nerves) that may contribute to urinary incontinence. We report the use of local hypothermia during robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy to attenuate this injury... - Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: review and assessment of an emerging techniqueJ B Basillote
Department of Urology, University of California at Irvine, Room 304, Bldg. 55, Rt. 81, 101 The City Drive, Orange, CA 92868, USA
Surg Endosc 18:1694-711. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Although follow-up has been short thus far, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy has been shown to be similar to open radical prostatectomy in several areas... 
The effect of difluoromethylornithine on decreasing prostate size and polyamines in men: results of a year-long phase IIb randomized placebo-controlled chemoprevention trialAnne R Simoneau
Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, 101 The City Drive, Route 81, Building 55, Room 304, Orange, CA 92868, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:292-9. 2008..The prostate has high levels of tissue polyamines and has shown sensitivity to DFMO both in vitro and in vivo...- Long-term impact of a robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy mini fellowship training program on postgraduate urological practice patternsAldrin Joseph R Gamboa
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California 92868, USA
J Urol 181:778-82. 2009..We evaluated whether a mini fellowship for robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy would enable postgraduate urologists to incorporate this new procedure into clinical practice... - Continence definition after radical prostatectomy using urinary quality of life: evaluation of patient reported validated questionnairesMichael A Liss
Department of Urology and Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, California, USA
J Urol 183:1464-8. 2010..We evaluated the association of pad status and urinary quality of life to determine whether security and 1 pad status differ from pad-free status to better define 0 pads as the post-prostatectomy standard... - Fossa navicularis strictures due to 22F catheters used in robotic radical prostatectomyDavid S Yee
University of California, Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive, Irvine, CA 92868, USA
JSLS 11:321-5. 2007..We describe herein our experience to determine and prevent fossa navicularis stricture development... - Zero positive surgical margins after radical prostatectomy: is the end in sightDouglas W Skarecky
Department of Urology, University of California at Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
Expert Rev Med Devices 5:709-17. 2008.... - Nerve-sparing techniques in open and laparoscopic prostatectomyEsequiel Rodriguez
University of California Irvine Medical Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Orange, CA, USA
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 8:475-9. 2008..In combination with postoperative pharmacological and mechanical recuperative approaches, nerve-sparing surgery has made an impact in postprostatectomy quality of life... - Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: current evaluation of surgical margins in clinically low-, intermediate-, and high-risk prostate cancerDavid S Yee
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, USA
J Endourol 23:1461-5. 2009..We report our PSM rates in our most current 500 cases and particularly in clinically high-risk disease... - Reduced annexin II protein expression in high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and prostate cancerDavid S Yee
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 131:902-8. 2007..Although commonly underexpressed in prostate cancer, the association of reduced expression with pathologic grade and stage is unknown... - Short-term impact of a robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy 'mini-residency' experience on postgraduate urologists' practice patternsElspeth M McDougall
Department of Urology, University of California at Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA
Int J Med Robot 2:70-4. 2006..The follow-up results from the initial 21 RALP M-R participants are presented... - Case report: omental splenosis discovered during robotic prostatectomyDonald L Pick
Department of Urology, University of California at Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California 92868, USA
J Endourol 22:1743-4. 2008..Splenosis describes ectopic splenic implants that usually occur after trauma and splenectomy. We present a case of omental splenosis discovered during robot-assisted prostatectomy... - Robotic radical prostatectomy: long-term outcomesGeoffrey N Box
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Curr Opin Urol 18:173-9. 2008..This surge has arguably been driven by the improved (real or perceived) clinical outcomes. In this review we assess 'long-term' experience based on reports recently published over the past 18 months... - Vascular pedicle control during robot-assisted and laparoscopic prostatectomy: bulldog clamp and suturing techniqueEsequiel Rodriguez
Department of Urology, University of California at Irvine, Orange, California 92868, USA
J Endourol 22:1969-70; discussion 1977. 2008 - Single institution 2-year patient reported validated sexual function outcomes after nerve sparing robot assisted radical prostatectomyEsequiel Rodriguez
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
J Urol 181:259-63. 2009.... - Prostate volume estimation using the ellipsoid formula consistently underestimates actual gland sizeEsequiel Rodriguez
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, USA
J Urol 179:501-3. 2008..Historically estimating prostate volume by transrectal ultrasound underestimates actual prostate weight. We quantified and determined whether trends could be identified to predict or understand the underestimation... - Post-robotic prostatectomy urinary continence: characterization of perfect continence versus occasional dribbling in pad-free menEsequiel Rodriguez
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California 92868, USA
Urology 67:785-8. 2006..Postoperatively, the "imperfect" group takes longer to achieve pad-free status and has smaller bladder capacities and more urinary symptoms. These results suggest that an overactive detrusor is the likely contributing etiology... - Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the recovery of potency after radical prostatectomy: effect of unilateral vs bilateral nerve sparingDavid S Finley
University of California Irvine Medical Center, Department of Urology, Orange, CA 92868, USA
BJU Int 104:1484-9. 2009.... - Robotic radical prostatectomy: a technique to reduce pT2 positive marginsThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center, Orange, California 92868-3298, USA
Urology 64:1224-8. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: The data demonstrate that this change in technique for robotic prostatectomy resulted in a more defined apical dissection and a statistically significant reduction in positive margins in patients with organ-confined disease... - Anatomic guide for port placement for daVinci robotic radical prostatectomyDonald L Pick
Department of Urology, University of California (Irvine) Medical Center, Orange, California, USA
J Endourol 18:572-5. 2004..Tall men (>72 inches) are at risk for exceeding functional robot arm length, and in these men, port sites should not be more than 18 cm from the pubis... - Robot-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy: a comparison of one surgeon's outcomesThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center, Orange, California 92868, USA
Urology 63:819-22. 2004..With only a 100-case experience, RLP had oncologic and urinary outcomes that were at least equal to those after RP. RLP offers the benefits of minimally invasive surgery and does not compromise clinical or pathologic outcomes... - [Radical robot prostatectomy: oncological outcomes]Esequiel Rodriguez
Clinical Instructor and Robotics Fellow, Department of Urology, Universidad de California Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
Arch Esp Urol 60:421-9. 2007..To review the current literature on oncologic outcomes following robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy... - Anatomic excision of anterior prostatic fat at radical prostatectomy: implications for pathologic upstagingDavid S Finley
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, California 92868, USA
Urology 70:1000-3. 2007..In this study, we describe a technique to dissect and remove the anterior prostatic fat pad (APF) and its anatomic and pathologic significance... - Spread of thermal energy and heat sinks: implications for nerve-sparing robotic prostatectomyFarhan Khan
Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California 92868, USA
J Endourol 21:1195-8. 2007..Using a porcine model, we studied thermal spread and queried whether vessels such as the prostatic pedicle may act as a heat sink, reducing the spread of thermal energy... - Role of robotics in laparoscopic urologic surgeryLouis Eichel
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, 101 The City Drive South, Building 55, Room 304, Orange, CA 92868, USA
Urol Clin North Am 31:781-92. 2004..Robotic technology is progressing on every level and will continue to be a driving force in the progress of science and medicine... - Initial impact of a dedicated postgraduate laparoscopic mini-residency on clinical practice patternsDavid S Chou
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive, Orange, CA 92868, USA
J Endourol 19:360-5. 2005..The "take rate" among participants is initially at the 40% level, similar to what has been previously reported after a 1 to 2-day hands-on didactic laparoscopy course... - Radical prostatectomy stabilizes peak urinary flow ratesThomas E Ahlering
Department of Urology, UC, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA
Can J Urol 10:1749-53. 2003..This is in contrast to diminishing PFRs seen in normal men as they age. Our study suggests that age-related reduction in PFR and voided volumes is largely eliminated after total removal of the prostate gland... - Laparoscopic assisted radical cystectomy with ileal neobladder: a comparison with the open approachJay B Basillote
Department of Urology, University of California Irvine, Orange, 92868, USA
J Urol 172:489-93. 2004..However, longer followup is needed to assess long-term oncological and functional outcomes... - Robotic prostatectomy: is it the future?Thomas E Ahlering
Urol Oncol 24:1-3. 2006 - Radical prostatectomy: a current perspectiveDavid S Yee
J Urol 178:376-7. 2007 - Technique for laparoscopic running urethrovesical anastomosis:the single knot methodRoland F van Velthoven
Department of Urology, Jules Bordet Institute, , Brussels, Belgium
Urology 61:699-702. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: We describe a simple, watertight, running laparoscopic suture technique for accomplishing the urethrovesical anastomosis during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy... - Transrectal ultrasound-guided, energy-free, nerve-sparing laparoscopic radical prostatectomyOsamu Ukimura
Section of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J Endourol 22:1993-5. 2008