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 ...

A cystectomy is a surgery to remove your bladder. The bladder can stretch or relax to hold about 2 cups of urine (pee). Cystectomy often treats bladder cancer. But bladder removal surgery can help ...

Robotic approach has similar oncologic efficacy, potential benefit in perioperative outcomes For patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy, a robotic approach seems to have the same ...

—A retrospective real-world study of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer showed that robot-assisted and laparoscopic radical cystectomy reduce post-surgical complication rates, compared to ...

Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on 30-day radical cystectomy outcomes. SPADE: Design of a real-world observational study of avelumab first-line (1L) maintenance in advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC ...

Within 90 days of surgery, patients undergoing robotic surgery spent a median of 82 days alive and out of the hospital versus 80 days for open-surgery patients (adjusted difference 2.2 days, 95% CI ...

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Trial findings bolster guideline recommendations limiting perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis to 24 hours or less for cystectomy with urinary diversion. Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis that ...