Surgical Techniques for Prostate Cancer [Paperback]

This volume provides a comprehensive review and detailed description of surgical techniques for prostate cancer surgery. All aspects are covered, including surgical anatomy and methods of transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies, step-by-step approach techniques for radical prostatectomy, and the latest data on outcomes. Furthermore, limitations as well as tips and tricks are detailed in addition to management of common complications. Lastly, with the increasing use of ablative therapy and brachytherapy, the mechanism of action as well as the keys to obtaining optimal outcomes are illustrated.

Surgical Techniques for Prostate Cancer is a concise and valuable resource to surgeons that documents the different approaches to prostate cancer surgery.

Chapter 1?Essentials of the Human Prostate
??Forrestall O. Dorsett Jr.

Chapter 2?Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy
??Michael C. Lee and J. Stephen Jones

Chapter 3?Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
??Srinivas Vourganti and Andrij R. Wojtowycz

Chapter 4?Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy and Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection
??Joseph C. Klink and Eric A. Klein

Chapter 5?Laparoscopic Prostatectomy and Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection
??Itay Sternberg, Guilherme Maia, Abdelkarim Touijer, Bertrand D. Guillonneau

Chapter 6?Robotic Prostatectomy
??Rakesh V. Khanna

Chapter 7?Perineal Prostatectomy
??Nikhil Khattar, Rishi Nayyar, Rajeev Sood

Chapter 8?Brachytherapy
??Matthew C. Ward, Jay P. Ciezki, Kevin L. Stephans

Chapter 9?Prostate Cryoablation
??Timothy Byler and Imad Nsouli

Chapter 10?Focal Ablation for Prostate Cancer
??Julio M. Pow-Sang, Einar F. Sverrisson, Oscar M. VallÓh