Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy Versus Open Radical Cystectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Perioperative, Oncological, and Quality of Life Outcomes Using Randomized Controlled Trials.

Journal: European urology
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Abstract

CONTEXT: Differences in recovery, oncological, and quality of life (QoL) outcomes between open radical cystectomy (ORC) and robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) for patients with bladder cancer are unclear.

Authors

  • Pramit Khetrapal
    Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London NW1 2FD, UK; Department of Urology, University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, London, UK. Electronic address: p.khetrapal@ucl.ac.uk.
  • Joanna Kae Ling Wong
    Department of Anaesthetics, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
  • Wei Phin Tan
    Department of Urology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
  • Thiara Rupasinghe
    Division of Surgery & Interventional Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
  • Wei Shen Tan
    Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Stephen B Williams
    Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.
  • Stephen A Boorjian
    Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, MN, USA.
  • Carl Wijburg
    Department of Urology, Robotic Surgery, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
  • Dipen J Parekh
    Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: parekhd@miami.edu.
  • Peter Wiklund
    Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Nikhil Vasdev
    Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Urological Cancer Centre, Department of Urology, Lister Hospital, Hertfordshire, UK. nikhilvasdev@doctors.org.uk.
  • Muhammad Shamim Khan
    Department of Urology, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, England.
  • Khurshid A Guru
  • James W F Catto
    Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London NW1 2FD, UK; Academic Urology Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
  • John D Kelly
    Department of Urology and Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London Hospital, London, UK.