ArticleProstate international2021
Comparing open and robotic salvage radical prostatectomy after radiotherapy: predictors and outcomes.
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- Outcomes of Salvage Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy in the last decade: systematic review and perspectives of referral centers.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of UrologyPooled it
- Expanding Horizons: Robotic Surgery in Functional and Reconstructive Urology.International neurourology journal · 2026Article
- The effect of lymph node dissection on oncological outcomes in contemporary robotic salvage radical prostatectomy patients: a junior ERUS/YAU collaborative study.World journal of urology · 2025Article
- Editorial Comment to Salvage robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection for radiorecurrent prostate cancer in a patient with a previous history of rectal cancer surgery.IJU case reports · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of surgery for radio-recurrent prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- The Contemporary Role of Salvage Radical Prostatectomy in the Management of Recurrent Prostate Cancer: An Up-to-Date Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Challenges and opportunities in prostate cancer surgery in South America: Insights into robot-assisted radical prostatectomies-A perspective.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Clinical outcomes and prognosis of metastatic prostate cancer patients ≤ 60-year-old.World journal of urology · 2021Article
- Minimal invasive management of bladder neck contracture using Allium round posterior stent: the long-term results.Prostate international · 2021Article
- A Comprehensive Review of the Current State of Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Salvage Prostatectomy.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of UrologyReview
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Abstract
introductionIn the present study, we aim to provide more evidence about benefits of salvage radical prostatectomy (SRP). Our main objective is to assess prostatic-specific antigen control and postoperative urinary incontinence in open and robotic approaches as primary outcomes. MATERIALS AND
methodsAfter the Institutional Review Board approval (IRB00010193), we retrospectively analyzed 76 consecutive patients who underwent open or robot-assisted SRP for locally relapsed prostate cancer between 2004 and 2019 at the Urology Department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Data were collected from our electronic medical record and prospective database.Postoperative variables, such as urinary incontinence, erectile function preservation, and vesicourethral anastomosis stricture development, were analyzed.
resultsBefore SRP, 59 patients (76.6%) were treated with 3D external beam radiotherapy, 11 (14.3%) with brachytherapy, and 6 (7.8%) with intensity-modulated radiotherapy. Fifty patients underwent open SRP, and 26, robot-assisted SRP. Comparing surgical approaches, the global incontinence rate was 34.2% versus 9.1% in open versus robot-assisted approach, respectively (p: 0.01).Vesicourethral anastomosis stricture occurred in six patients (8.7%), all in the open approach group (p: 0.07). Five patients of 69 (7.2%) preserved erectile function with/without use of phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors. Two patients in the open approach group needed blood transfusion. Estimated 2-year biochemical recurrence-free survival rate in the open approach group and robot-assisted group was 67% (95% confidence interval: 53.7-80.3) and 60.9% (95% confidence interval: 40.5-81.3), respectively, with no statistical difference (log-rank test p: 0.873).
conclusionsRobot-assisted SRP is a reliable procedure to treat local recurrences after external beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy, reducing the risk of anastomotic strictures and blood loss and improving continence outcomes.
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