Open AccessChanges in pathologic outcomes and operative trends with robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
Author(s) -
Aaron Bernie,
Ranjith Ramasamy,
Adnan Ali,
Ashutosh Tewari
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.142054
Subject(s) - medicine , prostatectomy , prostate cancer , urology , stage (stratigraphy) , biopsy , surgical margin , cancer , disease , general surgery , paleontology , biology
We hypothesized that there is a reverse stage migration, or a shift toward operating on higher-risk prostate cancer, in patients undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). We therefore evaluated the stage of disease at the time of surgery for patients with prostate cancer at a large tertiary academic medical center.