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Technical Innovations to Optimize Early Return of Erectile Function

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Urinary Continence and Sexual Function After Robotic Radical Prostatectomy

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Present day, the neurovascular preservation is accomplished by the surgeon’s expertise and knowledge of the anatomy, as well as by the improvements of visualization, instrumentation, and magnification provided by novel robotic systems. In this chapter, we discuss fundamental aspects of the neurovascular anatomy, define landmarks and principles for a NS radical prostatectomy, and also review some of the new technological developments designed to help surgeons to perform these critical steps and achieve an early return of the erectile function.

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  1. Global Robotics Institute, Florida Hospital-Celebration Health, 410 Celebration Place, Suite 200, Celebration, FL, 34747, USA

    Gabriel Ogaya-Pinies, Vladimir Mouraviev, Hariharan Ganapathi & Vipul Patel

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Ogaya-Pinies, G., Mouraviev, V., Ganapathi, H., Patel, V. (2016). Technical Innovations to Optimize Early Return of Erectile Function. In: Razdan, S. (eds) Urinary Continence and Sexual Function After Robotic Radical Prostatectomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39448-0_6

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