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Nature Reviews Urology 6, 361–362 (1 July 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrurol.2009.107

Surgery: Laparoscopic prostatectomy: learning curve and cancer control

Steven L. Chang & Mark L. Gonzalgo

Guillonneau et al. introduced the modern technique of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in 1998. With the potential to shorten hospital stays, reduce the severity of postoperative pain and hasten convalescence, both patients and surgeons welcomed this minimally invasive technique for the treatment of prostate cancer.