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Radical cystectomy is the gold-standard management for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, and there is debate concerning the comparative effectiveness of robotic-assisted (RARC) versus open radical cystectomy (ORC).To compare utilization, perioperative, cost, and survival outcomes of RARC versus ORC.We identified bladder urothelial carcinoma treated with RARC (n=439) or ORC (n=7308) during 2002–2012...
Study Type – Therapy (cost minimisation)Level of Evidence 2b
OBJECTIVE• To assess and compare the economic burden of open radical cystectomy (OC) vs robotic‐assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (RC) with pelvic lymph node dissection and urinary diversion.
PATIENTS AND METHODS• A series of 103 and 83 consecutive patients undergoing OC and RC, respectively, were prospectively studied at a tertiary...
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