A Prospective Trial Comparing Consecutive Series of Open Retropubic and Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in a Centre with a Limited Caseload

Robotic Prostatectomy: Is it More Advantageous Regarding Quality of Life?

“…Açık ile robotik radikal prostatektomiyi postoperatif kontinans ve ereksiyon oranları bakımından karşılaştıran birçok çalışmanın olduğu görülmektedir. Bazı çalışmalarda RRP'de bu parametrelerin daha erken sağlandığı görülürken (11,12,13,14), bir çalışma da ise belirgin fark saptanmamıştır (15). Ficarra ve ark.…”

“…Di Pierro ve ark. da her üç parametre için RRP'nin ARP'ye üstün olduğunu belirtmişlerdir (14). Buna karşın Krambeck ve ark.…”

A Review of Quality of Life Following Treatments for Localized Prostate Cancer

“…They performed RALP with a procedure using a transperitoneal approach and preserved the NVB through a tension-and energyfree technique 19 as far as cancer localization allowed, and reported that the potency rate without PDE-5 inhibitors of the RALP group (68% and 55%) was significantly higher than that of the RRP group (25% and 26%) at 3 and 12 months after RALP. 15 …”

“…Di Pierro et al compared continence rate between groups of patients treated with RRP and RALP, and reported that the continence rate of the RALP group was significantly higher than the RRP group at 3 and 12 months after RALP. 15 Wang et al reported that continence was achieved in 82%, 87%, and 91% of men at 3, 6, and 12 months after RALP. 16 They also reported that the mean IPSS scores of these patients preoperatively and 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery were 14.1, 5.2, 3.0, and 2.9 and corresponding mean QOL scores were 3.4, 2.1, 1.6, and 1.6.…”

The new era of minimally invasive interventions for prostate cancer: robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and focal therapy

“…A 10 the authors prospectively included 150 consecutive radical prostatectomies using the same inclusion and outcome measurements. The first 75 were done in an open fashion by three different surgeons with a prior experience of 100 cases each, while the second 75 were done robotically by a single surgeon with comprehensive open experience and after a 6-month fellowship in robotic and laparoscopic surgery.…”