Open AccessProspective, Controlled Study of Invasiveness and Post-Aggression Metabolism in Patients Undergoing Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy
Author(s) -
A. Martinschek,
Lisa Stumm,
Manuel Ritter,
Elmar Heinrich,
Christian Bolenz,
Lutz Trojan
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.1159/000478027
Subject(s) - medicine , prostatectomy , prospective cohort study , urology , visual analogue scale , surgery , anesthesia , prostate , cancer
To evaluate in a prospective, controlled, nonrandomized study the surgical stress and acute-phase systemic response in robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) compared to open radical retro-pubic prostatectomy (ORRP) by measuring humoral mediators.