Urology in Minnesota

Robert P. Myers, M.D. – Selected Publications

1. Magera JS, Jr, Inman BA, Slezak JM, Bagniewski SM, Sebo TJ, Myers RP: Increased optical magnification from 2.5X to 4.3X with technical modification lowers positive margin rate in open radical retropubic prostatectomy.
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2. Myers RP. Anatomical Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy Step by Step. In: Kirby RS, Montorsi F, Smith JS, Gontero P, (editors): Radical Prostatectomy: From Open to Robotic. London; Informa Healthcare, 2007.
   
   
3. Myers, R.P., Thompson, R.H., Schatz, S.M., Blute, M.L.: [Chapter 17]. Open Radical Prostatectomy: How Can Intra-operative, Peri-operative, and Post-operative Complications Be Prevented? In: Bowsher, W., Carter, A, editor(s). Challenges in Prostate Cancer. Oxford:Blackwell Publishing; 2006, 209-225.
   
   
4. Myers, R.P., Villers, A.: [Chapter 71] Anatomic considerations in radical prostatectomy. In Kirby RS, Partin AW, Feneley M, Kellogg Parsons J, editor(s). Prostate Cancer; principles and practice. Abingdon:Taylor and Francis;2006, 701-13.
   
   
5. Myers R.P.: Editorial Comment. Lin DW, Eastham JA. Anatomic Radical Prostatectomy in the Management of Localized Prostate Cancer. In: KB Cummings, editor. Management of Prostate Cancer: Advances and Controversies. New York:Marcel Dekker; 2005, p. 55-60.
   
   
6. Myers R.P., Bergstralh, E.J., Slezak, J.M., Farrow, G.M., Lieber, M.M., Blute, M.L., Zincke, H.: [Chapter 44] Use of Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy With Radical Prostatectomy in Lymph Node Positive Disease: Rationale and Contribution to Outcome. In Bangma Ch H, Newling DWW, editor(s). Prostate and Renal Cancer, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Erectile Dysfunction and Basic Research: An Update. Boca Raton:Parthenon Pub. Group; 2003.390-9.
   
   
7. Myers, R.P.: Localised prostate cancer: Important points of conduct for radical retropubic prostatectomy. European Urology Supplements 2002; 1: 15-19.
   
   
8. Myers, R.P.: Detrusor Apron, Associated Vascular Plexus, and Avascular Plane: Relevance to Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy-Anatomic and Surgical Commentary. Urology 59:472-479, 2002.
   
   
9. Myers, R.P.: Gross and Applied Anatomy of the Prostate. In: Kantoff, P.W., Carroll, P., D'Amico, A.: Prostate Cancer, chapt. 1. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002, pp. 3-15.
   
   
10. Myers, R.P.: Localised Prostate Cancer: Important Points of Conduct for Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy. Eur. Urol. Suppl. 1:15-19, 2002.
    
    
11. Myers, R.P.: Editorial Comment. In: Kim, E.D., Nath, R., Kadmon, D., Lipshultz, L.I., Miles, B.J., Slawin, K.M., Tang, H-Y, Wheeler, T., Scardino, P.T.: Bilateral Nerve Graft During Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: 1-Year Followup. J Urol 165:1950-1956, June 2001.
    
    
12. Myers, R.P.: Practical Surgical Anatomy for Radical Prostatectomy. Urol Clin North Am 28(3): 473-490, 2001.
    
    
13. Myers, R.P.: The Male Striated Urethral Sphincter. In: The Urinary Sphincter. Corcos, J., Schick, E. (eds). Chapt 3, pp. 25-42, New York:Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2001.
    
    
14. Myers, R.P.: Radical Prostatectomy: Making It a Better Operation in the New Millennium. International Journal of Urology 8:9-14, 2001.
    
    
15. Myers, R.P., Cahill, D.R., Kay, P.A., Camp, J.J., Devine, R.M., King, B.F., Engen, D.E.: Puboperineales: Muscular Boundaries of the Male Urogenital Hiatus in 3D from Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J.Urol., 164: 1412-1415, 2000
    
    
16. Myers, R.P.: Structure of the Adult Prostate from a Clinician's Standpoint. Clin. Anat. 13: 214-215, 2000.
    
    
17. Myers, R.P.: The Surgical Management of Prostate Cancer: Radical Retropubic and Radical Perineal Prostatectomy. In: Lepor, H. (ed) Prostatic Diseases. Chapt. 33 Philadelphia: Saunders, 1999.
    
    
18. Myers, R.P.: Cahill, D.R., Devine, R.M., King, B.F.: Anatomy of Radical Prostatectomy as Defined by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J.Urol. 159: 2148-2158, 1998.
    
    
19. Myers, R.P.: Radical Prostatectomy in the Treatment of Locally Confined Prostate Cancer: Issues Defined. In: Recent Advances in Prostate Cancer and BPH. F. H. Schroeder, Ed. Chapter 34, pp. 273-282. New York:Parthenon, 1997.
    
    
20. Myers, R.P.: Anatomy and Physiology of the External Urethral Sphincter: Implications for Preservation of Continence after Radical Prostatectomy. In: Recent Advances in Prostate Cancer and BPH. F. H. Schroeder, Ed. Chapter 9, pp. 81-94. New York:Parthenon, 1997.
    
    
21. Myers, R.P.: Anatomy of the Prostate. Surgical Implications. In: Principles and Practice of Genitourinary Oncology. D. Raghavan, H. I. Scher, S. A. Leibel, P. H. Lange, Eds. Chapter 34, pp. 357-366. Philadelphia:Lippincott, 1997.
    
    
22. Myers, R.P.: An Anatomic Approach to the Pelvis in the Male. In: Current Genitourinary Cancer Surgery, 2nd ed. D. Crawford, S. Das, Eds. Chapter 14, pp. 155-169. Baltimore:Williams & Wilkins, 1997.
    
    
23. Myers, R.P.: Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: Balance between Preserving Urinary Continence and Achievement of Negative Margins. Eur. Urol. 27(suppl 2):32-33, 1995.
    
    
24. Myers, R.P.: Radical Prostatectomy. Pertinent Surgical Anatomy. In: New Techniques in Prostate Surgery. P. F. Schellhammer, Guest Editor. Atlas of the Urologic Clinics of North America 2(2):1-18, October 1994.
    
    
25. Myers, R.P.: Practical Pelvic Anatomy Pertinent to Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy. T. P. Ball, Jr., Ed. AUA Update Series 13(4):25-32, 1994.
    
    
26. Myers, R.P.: Editorial Comment. Re: Antegrade Approach to Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy in Patients with Difficult Apical Dissection. J. Urol. 148:1267-1268, 1992.
    
    
27. Myers, R.P.: Male Urethral Sphincteric Anatomy and Radical Prostatectomy. In: Evaluation and Treatment of Urinary Incontinence. G. E. Leach, Guest Editor. Urol. Clin. No. Am. 18 (2):211-227, May 1991.
    
    
28. Myers, R.P.: Anatomical Variation of the Superficial Preprostatic Veins with Respect to Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy. J. Urol. 145:992-993, 1991.
    
    
29. Myers, R.P.: Improving the Exposure of the Prostate in Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: Longitudinal Bunching of the Deep Venous Plexus. J. Urol. 142:1282-1284, 1989.
    
    
30. Myers, R.P., Goellner, J. R., and Cahill, D. R.: Prostate Shape, External Striated Urethral Sphincter and Radical Prostatectomy: The Apical Dissection. J. Urol. 138:543-550, 1987.
    
    
31. Myers, R.P., Inman, B.A.: Is the Location of a Positive Surgical Margin After Radical Prostatectomy Important for Prognosis? Nat Clin Pract Urol. 9:476-7, 2008.