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Master of Public Health

The Comparative Harms of Open and Robotic Prostatectomy in Population-Based Samples.

AUTHORS

O'Neil B , Koyama T , Alvarez J , Conwill RM , Albertsen PC , Cooperberg MR , Goodman M , Greenfield S , Hamilton AS , Hoffman KE , Hoffman RM , Kaplan SH , Stanford JL , Stroup AM , Paddock LE , Wu XC , Stephenson RA , Resnick MJ , Barocas DA , Penson DF , . The Journal of urology. 2015 9 3; ().
  • NIHMSID: 0376374

ABSTRACT

Robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RALP) has largely replaced open radical prostatectomy (RRP) for the surgical management of prostate cancer despite conflicting evidence of superiority with respect to either disease control or functional sequelae. This study, using population cohort data, examined sexual and urinary function between men undergoing RRP versus those undergoing RALP.

Robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RALP) has largely replaced open radical prostatectomy (RRP) for the surgical management of prostate cancer despite conflicting evidence of superiority with respect to either disease control or functional sequelae. This study, using population cohort data, examined sexual and urinary function between men undergoing RRP versus those undergoing RALP.

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