Assessing the Impact of Positive Surgical Margins on Mortality in Patients Who Underwent Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: 20 Years' Report from the EAU Robotic Urology Section Scientific Working Group.

Background: Positive surgical margins (PSMs) are frequent in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP). The impact of PSMs on cancer-specific (CSM) and overall (OM) mortality has not yet been proved definitively.

Objective: To evaluate whether the presence and the features of PSMs were associated with CSM and OM in patients who underwent robotic-assisted RP.

Prostate Cancer-specific and All-cause Mortality After Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: 20 Years' Report from the European Association of Urology Robotic Urology Section Scientific Working Group.

Background: Evidence on long-term oncological efficacy is available only for open radical prostatectomy but remains scarce for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP).

Objective: To validate the long-term survival rates after RARP and provide stratified outcomes based on contemporary prostate cancer (PCa) risk-stratification tools.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A retrospective analysis of the European Association of Urology (EAU) Robotic Urology Section Scientific Working Group international multicenter database for RARP was performed.

Retrograde Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Prostatectomy (RELP). A Prospective Study about 1,000 Consecutive Patients, with Oncological and Functional Results.

Purpose: Usual laparoscopic surgery of localized prostate cancer uses antegrade dissection. We describe and evaluate the original RELP (Retrograde Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Prostatectomy).

Materials And Methods: A prospective cohort of 1005 patients with clinical localized cancer prostate were operated from December 1999 to September 2013, in Lyon (France), and followed up to 172 months (median: 60 months).

The diagnostic accuracy of multiparametric MRI for detection and localization of prostate cancer depends on the affected region.

Objectives: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of 3T multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) for detecting and locating prostate cancer (PCa) on Dickinson's 27-sector map, using histopathology specimens from radical prostatectomy (RP) as the reference standard.

Patients And Methods: The authors studied a continuous series of 140 patients who underwent RP over three consecutive years. Prior to RP, all patients had mpMRI for detection and localization of PCa and further assessment by biopsy.

Best Practices in Robotic-assisted Repair of Vesicovaginal Fistula: A Consensus Report from the European Association of Urology Robotic Urology Section Scientific Working Group for Reconstructive Urology.

Context: Surgical repair of a vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) has been described extensively in the literature for several decades. Advances in robotic repair have been adopted since 2005.

Objective: A consensus review of existing data based on published case series, expert opinion, and a survey monkey.

Prognostic factors and long-term outcomes of obstetric fistula care using the Tanguiéta model.

Objectives: To identify factors influencing the long-term prognosis after surgical repair of obstetric fistula, establish a prognosis-based classification system, and examine changes in quality of life after surgery.

Methods: A retrospective study of 308 women who underwent obstetric fistula repair at Saint Jean de Dieu Hospital, Tanguiéta, Benin, between 2008 and 2016, and were supported by a multidisciplinary management model. All participants were from rural areas of Burkina Faso.

Correction to: Risk of biochemical recurrence based on extent and location of positive surgical margins after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Following publication of the original article [1], we have been notified that the authors' last names have been incorrectly tagged as first names and vice-versa. The original publication has been corrected.

Robotic and Open Radical Prostatectomy: The First Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial Fuels Debate Rather than Closing the Question.

Despite the finally acquired level 1 evidence, the urologic debate on open versus robotic prostatectomy still persists. This trial from Brisbane will encourage future studies that will better inform this debate and define what robotic surgery offers.

One-year follow-up of women who participated in a physiotherapy and health education program before and after obstetric fistula surgery.

Objective: To investigate whether the positive impact of a program of physiotherapy and health education on the outcome of obstetric fistula surgery was maintained after 1 year.

Methods: The present follow-up analysis included 108 women who underwent obstetric fistula surgery at a center in Tanguiéta, Benin, between March 2011 and March 2012, and who had received a structured program of physiotherapy and health education before and after surgery. After discharge, follow-up visits were made 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery.

Impact of a program of physiotherapy and health education on the outcome of obstetric fistula surgery.

Objective: Surgery is the only successful treatment for most obstetric fistulae. The present study measured the impact of a structured program of pre- and postoperative physiotherapy and health education on the outcome of surgery for obstetric fistula.

Methods: We compared the postoperative outcomes of 2 consecutive groups of women with obstetric fistulae who were recruited and followed-up by 2 local nongovernmental organizations at a hospital in Tanguiéta, Benin.

The European Association of Urology Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) survey of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP).

Objective: To evaluate surgeons adherence to current clinical practice, with the available evidence, for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and offer a baseline assessment to measure the impact of the Pasadena recommendations. Recently, the European Association of Urology Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) supported the Pasadena Consensus Conference on best practices in RARP.

Subjects And Methods: This survey was performed in January 2012.

Risk factors for obstetric fistula: a clinical review.

Obstetric fistula is the presence of a hole between a woman's genital tract and either the urinary or the intestinal tract. Better knowledge of the risk factors for obstetric fistula could help in preventing its occurrence. The purpose of this study was to assess the characteristics of obstetric fistula patients.

Mid-term biochemical recurrence-free outcomes following robotic versus laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

We compared 5-year biochemical recurrence (BCR)-free rates for robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP). Three hundred and twelve consecutive patients who underwent RALP from 2003 to 2008 were compared to 97 consecutive LRP patients from 1999 to 2004. All laparoscopic surgeries were performed by one surgeon and robotic surgeries were performed by this surgeon or a laparoscopically naïve surgeon.

Quality care in vesico-vaginal obstetric fistula: case series report from the regional hospital of Maroua-Cameroon.

The World Health Organization (WHO) proposes a successful closure rate for first repair of vesico-vaginal obstetric fistula to be at 85% in each facility, with the continence achievement among the closed cases at 90 %. We are reporting the vesico-vaginal obstetric fistula outcome at the provincial hospital of Maroua-Cameroon from 2005 to August 2007. Among the overall 32 patients with vesico-vaginal fistula operated, 25 patients were at their first operation.

Risk factors for obstetric fistula in the Far North Province of Cameroon.

Objective: To describe the circumstances of occurrence and identify potential risk factors for obstetric fistula in northern Cameroon.

Methods: A case series study of 42 obstetric fistula patients seeking services at the Provincial Hospital of Maroua, Cameroon, between May 2005 and August 2007. Structured interviews were conducted prior to surgical intervention.