Inpatient Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Robot-Assisted versus Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer: A National Inpatient Sample Database Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Bladder cancer is a common urinary tract malignancy. Minimally invasive radical cystectomy has shown oncological outcomes comparable to the conventional open surgery and with advantages over the open procedure. However, outcomes of the two main minimally invasive procedures, robot-assisted and pure laparoscopic, have yet to be compared. This study aimed to compare in-hospital outcomes between these two techniques performed for patients with bladder cancer. Methods: This population-based, retrospective study included hospitalized patients aged ≥ 50 years with a primary diagnosis of bladder cancer who underwent robot-assisted or pure laparoscopic radical cystectomy. All patient data were extracted from the US National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database 2008-2018 and we

SUBMITTER: Fan LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10856412 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature