Association of surgeon and hospital volume with short-term outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Nationwide, population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Few studies have investigated the association between surgical volume and outcome of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in an unselected cohort. We sought to investigate the association between surgical volume with peri-operative and short-term outcomes in a nation-wide, population-based study group.

Methods

9,810 RARP's registered in the National Prostate Cancer Register of Sweden (2015-2018) were included. Associations between outcome and volume were analyzed with multivariable logistic regression including age, PSA-density, number of positive biopsy cores, cT stage, Gleason score, and extent of lymph node dissection.

Results

Surgeons and hospitals in the highest volume group compared to lowest group had shorter operative time; surg

SUBMITTER: Godtman RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211177 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature