Robotic Surgery Wins for Keeping Bladder Cancer Patients Alive, Out of Hospital
NEW ORLEANS — Robot-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion compared with open radical cystectomy among patients with non-metastatic bladder cancer resulted in a statistically significant increase in days alive and out of the hospital, according to results from the iROC trial. Within 90 days of surgery, patients undergoing robotic surgery spent a median of […]
Robotic surgery is safer and improves patient recovery time
Robot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly (20 per cent) less time in hospital, concludes a first-of-its kind clinical trial led by scientists at UCL and the University of Sheffield. The study, published in JAMA and funded by The Urology Foundation with […]
Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy Tied to Fewer Complications
Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) was associated with fewer surgical complications compared with open or laparoscopic prostatectomies, a population-based cohort study in Taiwan found. Among more than 1,400 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy in 2015, those treated with RARP were less likely to need blood transfusions compared with those who received laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP; adjusted […]
Do ‘Robots’ Offer Any Clear Surgical Advantage?
A new meta-analysis in the Annals of Internal Medicine assessed the quality of evidence and outcomes of robot-assisted surgery compared with laparoscopy and open surgery in adults. In this exclusive video, Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, breaks down the study and explains why he believes our technological advances need to actually improve patient outcomes in order […]