Abstract
In the USA, approximately 77,000 radical prostatectomies are performed yearly for the treatment of prostate cancer. Although a number of alternative treatment options are available for organ-confined prostate cancer, retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) remains the gold standard demonstrating a reduction in disease-specific mortality for affected patients.
However, the procedure has inherent morbidity associated with it. Therefore, less invasive surgical techniques have been sought; one such alternative is robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP). In recent years RALP has become a forerunner in treatment options, yielding comparable medium-term perioperative and functional outcomes.
Robotic-assisted prostatectomy has allowed urologists to enter the realm of minimally invasive surgery by incorporating open-surgery movements to a laparoscopic environment. Current RALP data from several series yield perioperative and functional outcomes comparable to the gold standard. However, long-term data is needed in order to establish its true efficacy.
Using MEDLINE we performed a search for publications on perioperative and functional outcomes related to RALP. We present a review of the available literature.
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Patel, V.R., Palmer, K.J., Coughlin, G., Chammas, M.F. (2008). Robotic Prostatectomy. In: Dasgupta, P. (eds) Urologic Robotic Surgery in Clinical Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-243-2_3
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