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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- 1: Systematic Review of Open, Laparoscopic and Robotic Salvage Radical Prostatectomy -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Systematic Review Methods -- 1.3 Results -- 1.3.1 Open Salvage Prostatectomy Results -- 1.3.2 Laparoscopic Salvage Prostatectomy Results -- 1.3.3 Robotic Salvage Prostatectomy Results -- 1.4 Comparison of Outcomes -- 1.5 Discussion -- 1.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2: Salvage Prostatectomy for Radio-Recurrent Prostate Cancer -- 2.1 Introduction

2.2 Histopathological and Morphological Radiation-Induced Modifications of Pelvic Tissues -- 2.3 Radio-Recurrent Prostate Cancer Patients' Selection -- 2.4 Pre-SRP Staging -- 2.5 Salvage Radical Prostatectomy: Surgical Technique -- 2.5.1 Endopelvic Fascia Incision -- 2.5.2 Posterior Plane Dissection -- 2.5.3 Prostate Apex Dissection -- 2.5.4 Neurovascular Bundle Dissection -- 2.5.5 Role of Experienced Surgeons -- 2.6 Oncological Outcomes -- 2.7 Functional Results -- 2.7.1 Surgical Complications -- 2.7.2 Blood Loss -- 2.7.3 Rectal Injury -- 2.7.4 Anastomotic Leakages

2.7.5 Urethral Strictures -- 2.7.6 Continence and Erectile Function Preservation -- 2.8 Future Directions -- 2.9 Conclusions -- References -- 3: Salvage Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy for Recurrent Localized Prostate Cancer after Radiation Therapy -- 3.1 Current Position of Salvage Radical Prostatectomy -- 3.2 Indication and Preoperative Assessment -- 3.2.1 Indication -- 3.2.2 Preoperative Assessment -- 3.3 Surgical Technique: Contribution of Robotics -- 3.3.1 Patient Positioning and Surgical Approach -- 3.3.2 Lymph Node Dissection / Risk of Oedema

3.3.3 Endopelvic Fascia Dissection -- 3.3.4 Posterior Dissection of the Prostate -- 3.3.5 Apical Dissection -- 3.3.6 Vesicourethral Anastomosis -- 3.4 Results -- 3.4.1 Perioperative Outcomes-Intraoperative Data -- 3.4.1.1 Blood Loss and Operative Time -- 3.4.1.2 Rectal Injury -- 3.4.1.3 Recto-bladder Fistula -- 3.4.2 Perioperative Outcomes-Postoperative Data -- 3.4.2.1 Anastomotic Leakage -- 3.4.2.2 Anastomotic Stricture -- 3.4.2.3 Postoperative Complications -- 3.5 Oncological Outcomes -- 3.6 Functional Outcomes -- 3.6.1 Postoperative Continence

3.6.2 Postoperative Erectile Dysfunction -- 3.7 Conclusion -- References -- 4: Disease Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy -- 4.1 Rising Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) after Prostatectomy -- 4.2 Persistent PSA after Prostatectomy -- 4.3 Incidence of Recurrence -- 4.4 Risk Stratification in Patients with Post-Prostatectomy Recurrence or PSA Persistence -- 4.4.1 Post-Prostatectomy Recurrence -- 4.4.2 Persistently Elevated PSA after Prostatectomy -- References -- 5: Salvage Therapy in Prostate Cancer: Predictors of Recurrence -- 5.1 Research Methods -- 5.2 Systematic Review Results