ROBOT SURGERY IS A
HIT AND MIS
In the largest multi-institutional study to date, patients diagnosed with
bladder cancer and treated with
robot-assisted surgery experienced
similar results to those who
underwent a traditional open
operation, according to research led by
scientists at Roswell Park Cancer
Institute (RPCI). The study results
were recently published in the journal
of the European Association of
Urology.
“We found that robot-assisted
radical cystectomy, an advanced
surgical procedure used to treat
bladder cancer that has spread to the
bladder wall or recurred, despite local
treatment in the bladder, provides
similar early oncological outcomes
while reducing operative blood loss,”
says Khurshid Guru, MD, Director of
Robotic Surgery in the Department of
Urology at RPCI.
The study is a retrospective
review of long-term patient outcomes
for cystectomies that currently
populate the International Robotic
Cystectomy Consortium, which
represents 11 institutions in six
countries. Data from 702 patients with
clinically localized bladder cancer from
2003 to date were analyzed for five
year recurrence-free survival (67%),
cancer-specific survival (75%), and
overall survival (50%). When
compared with traditional open
surgery, patients treated with robot-assisted surgery experienced similar
long-term survival outcomes.
Robot-assisted surgery is a type of
minimally invasive surgery (MIS) that
uses surgical robotic equipment that
imitates surgical movements. MIS
procedures allow surgeons to operate
through small ports rather than large
incisions. For patients, robot-assisted
surgery results in possible shorter
recovery times and minimal blood loss.
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