Scott Leslie, Stuart Jackson, Mark Broe, Danielle C van Diepen, Christina Stanislaus, Daniel Steffens, George McClintock, Sia Kim, Nicola Jeffery, Jeremy Fallot, Nariman Ahmadi, Arthur Vasilaras, Paul Sved, Lewis Chan, Ruban Thanigasalam
OBJECTIVE: To describe a novel RoboSling technique performed at the time of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and its utility for enhancing urinary function recovery postoperatively. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The surgical technique involves harvesting a vascularised, fascial flap from the peritoneum on the posterior aspect of the bladder. Following completion of prostatectomy, the autologous flap is tunnelled underneath the bladder and incorporated into the rectourethralis and vertical longitudinal detrusor fibres at the posterior bladder neck with a modified Rocco suture...
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