Patients whose cancerous bladder was removed using a surgical robot experienced fewer postoperative complications than those who underwent open cystectomy, report Douglas Scherr and colleagues.

How does robot-assisted radical cystectomy compare with traditional open radical cystectomy for management of patients with bladder cancer? To answer this question, the authors of a study published in ...

Investigators report finding no significant difference in positive surgical margin rates among open, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted approaches to partial cystectomy. Partial cystectomy for bladder ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Cheryl Lee, MD: Welcome to Medscape InDiscussion. I'm Cheryl Lee, and today we'll be discussing a topic that has continued to be controversial. I'm ...

Similar Oncologic Efficacy for Robotic, Open Cystectomy For patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy, a robotic approach seems to have the same oncologic efficacy as an open approach ...

Use of robot-assisted vs. open radical cystectomy led to a significantly increased number of days alive and out of the hospital among patients with nonmetastatic bladder cancer. Perspective from David ...

In a randomized study, patients who underwent robotic-assisted and open radical cystectomy had similar 2-year progression survival rates. Robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RC) for invasive bladder ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Robotic-assisted cystectomy demonstrated comparable 2-year PFS to open cystectomy among patients with bladder ...

Phase II study of gemcitabine, cisplatin, and sunitinib (S) in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC). Background: We reported our results on a prospective, randomized trial of open vs.

Bladder preservation with helical tomotherapy-based, image-guided radiotherapy: A clinical study using “plan of the day” adaptive radiotherapy. Background: We report our experience with robot assisted ...