STANDARDIZED APPROACH TO INTRODUCING NEW SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS BY THE EXAMPLE OF EXTRAPERITONEOSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY

The treatment of prostate cancer (PC) is one of the most urgent problems of modern urology. Its higher morbidity rates, the actuality of quality of life maintenance, and a large number of treatment procedures determine interest in this problem. Radical prostatectomy (RPE) is the gold standard for treatment of locally advanced PC. Extraperitoneoscopic RPE (ERPE) is a current low-trauma treatment for locally advanced RPE. The complexity of adopting this intervention interferes with the wide introduction of this procedure. The authors of the paper propose a standardized approach to adopting ERPE. In their mind, this approach will contribute to the wide promotion of a video-assisted treatment procedure for patients with locally advanced PC, which will be able to enhance the efficiency of therapy in patients of the above group.