Perioperative Outcomes of Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy Compared With Open Radical Prostatectomy: Results From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

New types of radiotherapy improve cancer outcome but at what cost?

“…Furthermore, although it is note worthy that RARP has grown to occupy 61% of the radical prostatectomy market in the USA over the past decade without any level 1 evidence to demonstrate its superior ity, 6 it is even more remarkable that IMRT has grown to occupy 96% of the external beam radiotherapy market without any similar evidence.…”

Challenging Residual Contamination of Instruments for Robotic Surgery in Japan

“…An extensive body of observational data suggests that minimally invasive surgeries may have lower rates of infectious complications than open surgeries. 4,5 Recently, 2 prospective randomized trials found no higher rates of infectious complications with robotic cystectomy and prostatectomy than with open operations. While the precise impact of robotic surgery on postoperative complications remains a topic of debate and active research, there is certainly no evidence for exponentially greater infectious rates with robotic surgical instruments.…”

“…5 Briefly, the NHHI was launched in 2008 as a standardized national approach to HH culture change adapted from the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy. 6 At the institutional level, the core components of the NHHI are alcohol-based hand rub at the point of care, healthcareworker education about HH and infection control, and HH auditing with performance feedback using the WHO "5…”

Robotics accuracy in orthopaedics: is it enough for a well-working knee replacement?

“…This is because it's believed that robotics may reduce the risk of complications improving clinical outcomes of these operations. Around 90% of all radical prostatectomy for cancer of the prostate in the United States are performed with robotics assistance (1) and various studies have proven the safety and efficacy of this technique (2,3). First robotic orthopaedics applications were proposed in 1992 for cementless total hip replacement (Robodoc, ISS, Sacramento, CA, USA) (4).…”