Alleged issue: kevin blumenthal and et al, dept of urol, george washington hospital in washington, dc described reviewing cases of patients who underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (ralp) at the institution from january 2004 to september 2007 and identified patients with bladder neck contractures (bnc) or complications related to the use of holc.A retrospective chart review was performed to attempt to determine the cause of each bnc.Below are the findings of 524 patients that had undergone ralp: 2 bncs were associated with holc migration and erosion into the vesicourethral anastomosis.
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