ArticleScientific reports2023
Outcomes of prostate cancer patients after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy compared with open radical prostatectomy in Korea.
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- Analgesic effect of intraoperative sufentanil on postoperative pain in patients undergoing robot-assisted urologic surgery: a retrospective propensity score-matched analysis.The Korean journal of pain · 2026Article
- Retzius-Sparing Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Analysis of Functional and Oncological Outcomes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Safety of carbon-ion radiotherapy for prostate cancer after rectal surgery: a single-institution retrospective study.Journal of radiation research · 2026Article
- Trends in Medical Traveling for Radical Prostatectomy in the Era of Robotic Surgery: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea.The world journal of men's health · 2026Article
- A prospective study using questionnaires and urodynamic assessments to evaluate bladder function and continence changes after robotic assisted radical prostatectomy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Limited evidence exists regarding the value of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in promoting health outcomes in patients with prostate cancer (PCa) in Korea, prompting a study to determine its clinical impact. The study included 15,501 patients with PCa who underwent RARP (n = 12,268) or radical prostatectomy (RP) (n = 3,233) between 2009 and 2017. The outcomes were compared using a Cox proportional hazards model after propensity score matching. Hazard ratios of all-cause overall mortality after RARP compared to that after RP within 3 and 12 months were (6.72, 2.00-22.63, p = 0.002) and (5.55, 3.31-9.31, p < 0.0001), respectively. The RARP group in four hospitals with the largest PCa surgery volume during the study period had worse percentile deaths than the total RARP patients within 3- (1.6% vs. 0.63%) and 12-month post-op (6.76% vs. 2.92%). The RARP group showed specific surgical complications, like pneumonia and renal failure, more than the RP group. A significantly higher short-term mortality and only modestly lower surgical complications occurred in RARP than RP group. RARP performance status may not be superior to that of RP as previously reported and perceived, possibly due to increased robotic surgery in the elderly. More meticulous measures are needed for robotic surgery in the elderly.
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