Single port robotic radical prostatectomy versus multi-port robotic radical prostatectomy: A human factor analysis during the initial learning curve.

Background: Studies have thus far neglected to evaluate the impact of the da Vinci single port (SP) robotic platform on surgeon experience and operating room efficiency. We sought to assess the effect of the SP platform on surgeon cognitive load measures during robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).

Methods: We prospectively compared the first 20 SP-RALPs performed at our institution to 20 multi-port (MP)-RALPs performed by a single experienced robotic surgeon.

Elastosonography in the Peyronie's disease: our preliminary experience.

This work aims to inform our experience on a new diagnostic method applied to Peyronie's disease. Our study demonstrates that real time sonoelastography is more reliable than traditional ultrasound because it can detect all palpable plaques, evaluating precisely the thickness, size, involvement of surrounding tissues. These features can be also assessed a flaccid penis.