Association of Open vs Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy With Mortality and Perioperative Outcomes Among Patients With Bladder Cancer in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mortality rates resulting from bladder cancer have remained unchanged for more than 30 years. The surgical community has put hope in robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) with intracorporeal urinary diversion (ICUD) in an effort to improve surgical outcomes and bladder cancer survival without strong supporting evidence.

Objective

To evaluate perioperative, safety, and survival outcome differences between RARC with ICUD and open radical cystectomy (ORC).

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide population-based cohort study used data from the Swedish National Register of Urinary Bladder Cancer and population-based Cause of Death Register, which includes clinical information on tumor characteristics, treatment, and survival and covers approximatel

SUBMITTER: Mortezavi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9051984 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature