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Techniques of Nerve Sparing in Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy

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Cancer prostate is the most commonly diagnosed cancer as well as the second most common cause of death in the United States of America. In 2009, as many 192,280 (25%) men were estimated as new diagnosis with prostate cancer (Jemal et al., CA Cancer J Clin 60(5):277–300, 2010). Of the several treatment options available, surgery is the gold standard and offers potential for long-term cure (Bil-Axelson et al., N Eng J Med 352(19):1977, 2005).

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    Travis Rogers, Gabriel Ogaya-Pinies, Hariharan Palayapalayam Ganapathi, Eduardo Hernandez-Cardona & Vipul R. Patel

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Rogers, T., Ogaya-Pinies, G., Ganapathi, H.P., Hernandez-Cardona, E., Patel, V.R. (2018). Techniques of Nerve Sparing in Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy. In: John, H., Wiklund, P. (eds) Robotic Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65864-3_28

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