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Introduction: The preservation of the bladder neck during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) could improve urinary continence recovery and limit the risk of positive surgical margins (PSMs). We refined our lateral approach to the bladder neck technique and compared its outcomes with those of the standard anterior approach.

Material And Methods: From a retrospective analysis of 599 consecutive RARPs, 171 patients treated with the lateral and 171 patients treated with the anterior approach were pair-matched 1:1 on the basis of age, grade, and pathological stage. We described our surgical technique and compared the two approaches in terms of basal PSMs, recovery of urinary continence, and complications.

Results: As compared to the anterior approach, the lateral approach had shorter operative times and comparable rates of basal PSMs and postoperative complications. The rates of urinary continence after one, three, and 12 months were comparable between the two groups and were generally higher in localized disease. At regression analysis, predictors of urinary incontinence were only age, pathological stage T3b, ISUP grade 5 and nerve-sparing surgery.

Conclusions: The lateral approach leads to an anatomical dissection of the bladder neck without increasing the risk of PSMs. However, no significant benefits in terms of continence recovery were demonstrated over the standard anterior approach.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13645706.2024.2369096DOI Listing

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