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Robotic Assisted Prostate Surgery does not lead to fewer complications

By on January 6, 2012

A survey of patients who had their prostate removed showed there was no significant difference in complication rates between open retropubic radical prostatectomy (ORRP) and robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALRP).

JCO Barry Paper Banner1 Robotic Assisted Prostate Surgery does not lead to fewer complicationsThis is an important finding because 85% of prostatectomies in the United States are undertaken using robotic-assisted techniques, yet there has been little published data to show that this technique improves functional outcomes.

At the European Association of Urology (EAU) annual congress last year in Vienna some of the challenges and opportunies with robotic surgery were raised:

  • lack of data on improved functional outcome
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AUA 2011 PIVOT trial results – the absurdity surrounding the lack of public data

By on May 22, 2011

AUA 2011 Entrance to Plenary Session 300x225 AUA 2011 PIVOT trial results the absurdity surrounding the lack of public dataAs many of you know, I previously wrote up on this blog the results from the Prostate Cancer Intervention versus Observation trial (PIVOT) that were presented during the plenary session at the recent American Urological Association (AUA) 2011 annual meeting.

Other science bloggers who were at the meeting also wrote about the presentation (see Scott Hensley’s excellent post on NPR’s health blog).

In fact anyone in the press room at AUA (I had a media pass as a science blogger) could have reviewed a copy of Dr Wilt’s presentation immediately afterwards and written about it.

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