Open AccessBladder Neck Contracture Following Radical Retropubic versus Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy
Author(s) -
Benjamin L. Spector,
Nathan Brooks,
Michael E. Strigenz,
James A. Brown
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1159/000447169
Subject(s) - medicine , radical retropubic prostatectomy , urology , neck of urinary bladder , laparoscopic radical prostatectomy , prostatectomy , surgery , general surgery , prostate , urinary bladder , cancer
Radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) and robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) are co-standard surgical therapies for localized prostatic adenocarcinoma. These surgical modalities offer similar outcomes; however, lower rate of bladder neck contracture (BNC) is amongst the touted benefits of RALP. The differences between approaches are largely elucidated through multiple-surgeon comparisons, which can be biased by differential experience and practice patterns. We aimed to eliminate inter-surgeon bias through this single-surgeon comparison of BNC rates following RRP and RALP.