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World J Clin Urol. Jul 24, 2015; 4(2): 92-96
Published online Jul 24, 2015. doi: 10.5410/wjcu.v4.i2.92
Published online Jul 24, 2015. doi: 10.5410/wjcu.v4.i2.92
Barbed polyglyconate vs monocryl suture in vesico-urethral anastomosis during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
Devang Desai, Kevin Lah, Troy Gianduzzo, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane QLD 4006, Australia
Devang Desai, Kevin Lah, Troy Gianduzzo, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
Devang Desai, Charles Chabert, Troy Gianduzzo, Wesley Hospital, Brisbane QLD 4066, Australia
Author contributions: Chabert C and Gianduzzo T performed robotic radical prostatectomy, designed the study and edited the manuscript; Desai D and Lah K collated the data, analysed the data and wrote the manuscript; all authors critically reviewed the manuscript and approved it.
Institutional review board statement: Approved by Human Ethics and Research committee, Wesley Hospital, Uniting Health Care reference number 2013.30.102.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent for robot assisted radical prostatectomy prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at docdevang@gmail.com. Consent was not obtained but the presented data are anonymized and risk of identification is low.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article, which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Devang Desai, MBBS, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Butterfield street, Herston, Brisbane QLD 4006, Australia. docdevang@gmail.com
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Received: November 3, 2014
Peer-review started: November 4, 2014
First decision: January 20, 2015
Revised: February 21, 2015
Accepted: April 16, 2015
Article in press: April 20, 2015
Published online: July 24, 2015
Processing time: 273 Days and 14.5 Hours
Peer-review started: November 4, 2014
First decision: January 20, 2015
Revised: February 21, 2015
Accepted: April 16, 2015
Article in press: April 20, 2015
Published online: July 24, 2015
Processing time: 273 Days and 14.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: The V-Loc suture was found to significantly reduce the operative time and facilitate ease of vesico-urethral anastomosis formation. The overall functional outcome and urinary morbidity were not significantly different from the conventional monofilament group.