Fig. 2.

Surgical steps of transvesical robot assisted radical prostatectomy. Through a vertical cystotomy expended by suspension stitches (A), intravesical structures were exposed and a circumferential incision was made around the internal urethral orifice (B). Dissections of the vas deferens and seminal vesicles were carried out through the lower half of the circumferential incision (C). Intrafascial posterior dissection was continued towards the apex (D). Lateral dissection of prostatic pedicles and neurovascular bundles was carried out between prostatic capsule and periprostatic fascia in a nerve‐sparing manner (E). Anterior dissection continued towards the apex and urethra was exposed and transected (F). Urethrovesical anastomosis was achieved using two 4‐0 barbed polydioxanone sutures on RB‐1 needles in a running fashion (G). Bladder was closed in two layers in a running fashion (H).