Intrafascial nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy improves patients' postoperative continence recovery and erectile function: A pooled analysis based on available literatures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intrafascial nerve-sparing prostatectomy has been currently applied based on the updated anatomic understanding of periprostatic cavernous nerves, in order to provide patients better postoperative recovery of continence and potency. The aim of our study is to perform a pooled analysis of available literatures regarding the functional outcomes following intrafascial nerve-sparing technique.

Methods

The authors performed database searches of articles published till October 2017 on PubMed using following keywords across the "title" and "abstract" field of the records: intrafascial, veil, curtain dissection, high anterior release, incremental nerve sparing, and radical prostatectomy. Fulfilled papers were screened and data were extracted independently by 3 reviewers.

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6086530 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature