The Department of Urology and Prostate completed multiple 3D laparoscopic prostate cancer surgeries

  Recently, the Department of Urology and Prostate of our hospital applied 3D laparoscopic technology to perform radical prostate cancer treatment for a number of patients, marking the entry of laparoscopic technology into the 3D era in the Department of Urology and Prostate of our hospital, and was the first to hold a live demonstration of 3D laparoscopic surgery in Shanghai on April 26.  Due to the deep anatomical location of the prostate, the many surrounding branching vessels and abundant nerves, adjacent to the urinary control nerve and penile erectile nerve, it is very easy to cause injury, leading to postoperative urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction, which can seriously affect the patient’s quality of life. In addition to the small space for local operation in the pelvis, while completing the radical resection, the bladder neck and urethra must be anastomosed to reconstruct the continuity of the lower urinary tract, and more importantly, the function of good independent control of urination must be restored, making the surgery difficult. The most prominent feature of 3D high-definition laparoscopy is that the local anatomy has a strong sense of three-dimensionality, especially for the positioning of the repair and reconstruction surgery is more accurate. With the help of 3D laparoscopy, the surgeon’s laparoscopic skills can be more fully utilized, which can maximize the success rate of surgery and reduce the occurrence of postoperative complications for patients.  In the live broadcast of the 12th Urological Micro-Innovation Technology Symposium held on April 26, the team led by Dr. Han Bang F, deputy chief surgeon, under the guidance of Prof. Xia Jiji, with the help of 3D laparoscopic equipment, completely removed the prostate and bilateral tumors in a high-definition 3D field of view, avoiding large blood vessels and important nerves, with precise dissection and nearly zero bleeding. The bladder neck and sphincter were preserved intact, and the bladder neck was perfectly anastomosed with the proximal urethra. The whole procedure took only 70 minutes and was well received by the experts. In addition, Dr. Han also recently completed two cases of radical surgery for prostate cancer with huge prostate volume of 183ml and 125ml respectively, with almost no operable space in the pelvis. After careful preoperative preparations, all the surgeries were successfully completed with the help of laparoscopic technique, and the patients recovered from the disease.  The application of 3D laparoscopic technology in our urological surgery demonstrates the strong clinical strength of our urology department and highlights the leading position of our urology department in micro-innovation technology.