Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy by Lateral Approach: Technique, Reproducibility and Outcomes.

Background: Radical prostatectomy by lateral approach allows performing a prostatectomy through a buttonhole, with direct access to the seminal vesicle and fully sparing the anterior pubovesical complex. Our aim is to show the results of reproducing the technique of robotic radical prostatectomy by lateral approach, in terms of intraoperative, postoperative, oncological and functional parameters.

Methods: We analyzed 513 patients submitted to robotic radical prostatectomy by lateral approach from January 2015 to March 2021, operated on by two surgeons in our institution.

Tennis leg: clinical US study of 141 patients and anatomic investigation of four cadavers with MR imaging and US.

Purpose: To evaluate the ultrasonographic (US) findings in patients with a referring diagnosis of tennis leg and to explore the relative importance of the plantaris tendon and gastrocnemius muscle in the pathogenesis of this condition.

Materials And Methods: A cadaveric study was performed to outline the normal anatomy of the posterosuperficial compartment of the calf. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and US were performed, followed by gross anatomic correlation.