The Hryntschak Prostatectomy. I. A Review of 1,346 Case

A prospective comparative analysis of robot‐assisted vs open simple prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia

“…The mean LOS remains long (6–10 days), probably because of prolonged catheterization time (5 days) . The overall mean complication rate for OSP is 25.7%; however, this figure includes studies published some decades ago, therefore must be interpreted with caution . In the present study, results seem to be consistent with the current literature and favour RASP.…”

Prostatectomy–an Open or Closed Case

“…Even in the 1930s, mortality at many hospitals remained at 20%, but in expert hands was about 5 to 6%. More recently, the early mortality rate of open prostatectomy averaged 2.5% (Turner and Belt, 1957;O'Connor et al, 1963;Beck and Gaudin, 1970). The best mortality rate of open prostatectomy is now probably about 1%.…”