Open AccessPerioperative Complications after Radical Prostatectomy: Open versus Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Approach
Author(s) -
Michael Froehner,
Vladimír Novotný,
Rainer Koch,
Steffen Leike,
Lars Twelker,
Manfred P. Wirth
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
urologia internationalis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1423-0399
pISSN - 0042-1138
DOI - 10.1159/000345323
Subject(s) - medicine , prostatectomy , perioperative , prostate cancer , urology , complication , surgery , cancer
The best technique of radical prostatectomy - open versus robot-assisted approach - is controversially discussed. In this study, we compared the complication rates of open and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy during the introduction and subsequent routine use of a da Vinci® robotic device while open surgery remained the standard approach.
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