Reply by the Authors

摘要

We appreciate the kind and insightful comments regarding the technical aspects of performing natural orifice transluminal endoscopic radical prostatectomy. First, in terms of a tension-free vesicourethral anastomosis, we agree this is an important caveat of the operation. The creation of a hermetic vesicourethral anastomosis, which prevents urine leakage and subsequent stricture and bladder neck contracture, is essential to this effort. We have demonstrated the feasibility of this in both cadaveric and live canine models. ' We learned through experience