Clinical outcome of laparoscopic versus robot-assisted radical cystectomy for patients with bladder cancer: a retrospective study.

Journal: BMC surgery
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: With the development of minimally invasive surgery technology, patients with bladder cancer are increasingly receiving laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) or robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) treatment. The main purpose of this study was to compare the long-term outcomes of bladder cancer patients treated with LRC versus RARC.

Authors

  • Yuchen Bai
    Department of Urology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, No. 138 ShangTang Road, Hangzhou, 310014, China.
  • Shuai Wang
    Department of Intensive Care Unit, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
  • Wei Zheng
    School of Computer Engineering, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, 211169, China. zhengwei@jit.edu.cn.
  • EnHui Li
    Department of Urology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, No. 138 ShangTang Road, Hangzhou, 310014, China.
  • Jing Quan
    Department of Urology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, No. 138 ShangTang Road, Hangzhou, 310014, China.
  • Fei Wei
    Hubei Province Key Laboratory of System Science in Metallurgical Process, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, PR China; College of Science, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, PR China. Electronic address: weifei@wust.edu.cn.
  • Qi Zhang
    Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
  • Xiaolong Qi
    College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China.
  • DaHong Zhang
    Department of Urology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, No. 138 ShangTang Road, Hangzhou, 310014, China. zhangdahong168@163.com.