Open Anterograde Radical Prostatectomy Compared to Open Retrograde Technique

This open surgical technique described by Patrick Walsh involves prostatic dissection made from prostatic apex to the bladder neck, so the retrograde direction, the posterior layer of Denonvilliers' fascia is always included with the specimen, and urethrovesical anastomosis usually performed with multifilament interrupted suture

This open surgical techniques performing radical retropubic prostatectomy using the same technique of minimally invasive surgery, antegrade way, from bladder neck to the apex, with careful bladder neck dissection and preservation, incremental or not careful nervesparing procedures and urethrovesical anastomosis performed by monofilament running suture, described by the Pasadena consensus for the procedure assisted by robot.