Robotic surgery for bladder cancer speeds recovery, reduces pain, and improves quality of life. It also significantly reduces risks such as blood clots and can preserve functions like sexual health.

Patients requiring intraoperative conversion from robotic-assisted radical cystectomy to open surgery have higher 90-day mortality rates and 30-day readmission rates. Intraoperative conversion from ...

In the past decade there has been a rapid expansion of the use of robotic assistance during surgery that involves minimally invasive approaches. In the United Kingdom, robot-assisted radical ...

—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 ...

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

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