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In European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, a new section will be published as of the September issue: Case Series of the month. This series is dedicated to publishing promising studies which have so far only preliminary results. The Case Series reports on no more than 10 patients and includes illustrative images. A Continuing Medical Education question with multiple choice answers is also included to enable readers to earn CME points.The first case series is written by Antonio Galfano et al and entitled 'A New Anatomic Approach for Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: A Feasibility Study for Completely Intrafascial Surgery'. Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) was first performed in 2000 by Binder et al in Frankfurt, Germany and by Abbou et al in Creteil, France. Since then, RALP has been disseminated widely with continuous improvements in technique and knowledge of the surgical anatomy of the prostate.Nevertheless, endopelvic fascia, neurovascular bun