Re-establishing the Role of Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy After the 2020 EAU Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer Guideline Panel Recommendations

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-28-2020

Publication Title

European urology

Abstract

The EAU guidelines panel on muscle-invasive and metastatic bladder cancer (MIBC) recently recommended open radical cystectomy (ORC) as the best surgical approach for MIBC patients. We critically re-examine the indications for considering ORC as the first choice over robot-assisted radical cystectomy. To the best of our knowledge, this is not supported by trials or meta-analyses.

Medical Subject Headings

Cystectomy/adverse effects; Humans; Muscles; Robotic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects; Robotics; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/surgery; Urology

PubMed ID

32736929

ePublication

ePub ahead of print

Volume

78

Issue

4

First Page

489

Last Page

491

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