Bernard H Bochner, Guido Dalbagni, Daniel D Sjoberg, Jonathan Silberstein, Gal E Keren Paz, S Machele Donat, Jonathan A Coleman, Sheila Mathew, Andrew Vickers, Geoffrey C Schnorr, Michael A Feuerstein, Bruce Rapkin, Raul O Parra, Harry W Herr, Vincent P Laudone
BACKGROUND: Open radical cystectomy (ORC) and urinary diversion in patients with bladder cancer (BCa) are associated with significant perioperative complication risk. OBJECTIVE: To compare perioperative complications between robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) and ORC techniques. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted during 2010 and 2013 in BCa patients scheduled for definitive treatment by radical cystectomy (RC), pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND), and urinary diversion...
June 2015: European Urology