ArticleBJUI compass2022
Increased body mass index is associated with operative difficulty during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Bony Pelvic and Prostate Dimensions on Surgical Difficulty of Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: An Original Study and Meta-analysis.Annals of surgical oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Predicting extraperitoneal ssRARP difficulty: an MRI-based nomogram.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Correlation between male pelvic and soft tissue parameters based on three-dimensional reconstruction and the difficulty of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.World journal of urology · 2026Article
- GLP-1 Agonist Use Among Men With Localized Prostate Cancer: A Narrative Review and Rationale for Prospective Clinical Trials.Urology · 2025Review
- Impact of Obesity on Perioperative and Clinical Outcomes After Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Functional and oncological outcomes of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in obese men: a matched-pair analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Article
- Behind the scenes.BJUI compass · 2022Article
- Increased body mass index is associated with operative difficulty during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.BJUI compass · 2022Article
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Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to identify factors associated with surgeon perception of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) difficulty. Patients and Methods: This study surveyed surgeons performing RARP between 2017 and 2018 and asked them to rate operative conditions and difficulty as optimal, good, acceptable, or poor. These answers were stratified as optimal or suboptimal for this study. Associations between surgeon responses and variables hypothesized to affect surgical difficulty, including anatomic factors such as pelvic diameter and prostate volume:pelvic diameter ratio, were assessed. Results: Between November 2017 and September 2018, a total of 100 patients were prospectively enrolled in the study of which 58 cases were rated as optimal and 42 were rated as suboptimal. Of the evaluated variables, only increasing clinical T stage (odds ratio [OR] 1.49, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03-2.15, Conclusion: The factors associated with surgeon-reported RARP difficulty were patient BMI and clinical T stage among surgeons with significant RARP experience. These data should be incorporated into surgical decision making and patient counseling prior to performing a RARP.
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