Radical cystectomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer is a morbid procedure. Robotic cystectomy appears best suited for nonbulky tumors. Robotic assistance achieves comparable short-term oncologic ...

Other determinants of the cost of robotic cystectomy compared with its open counterpart include operative time, complication rates and LOS. Models accounting for these factors are inherently ...

Patients have many concerns and decisions prior to surgery, and now choosing between a human doctor or a robot-assisted ...

Laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) is a challenging technique, but it has been proposed as an alternative to open radical cystectomy (ORC), which is currently the gold standard treatment for ...

Patients requiring intraoperative conversion from robotic-assisted radical cystectomy to open surgery have higher 90-day mortality rates and 30-day readmission rates. Intraoperative conversion ...