Switching from laparoscopic radical prostatectomy to robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: comparing oncological outcomes and complications.

Objectives: To compare oncological outcomes and complication rates based on the Clavien classification between laparoscopic radical prostatectomies (LRP) and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomies (RALP).

Material And Methods: In a prospective quality registry clinical data were consecutively entered for 544 LRP and 1081 RALP patients operated from 2003 to the end of 2012. Complications within 90 days postoperatively were assessed according to the Clavien classification and compared between LRP and RALP patients.

Does preoperative magnetic resonance imaging reduce the rate of positive surgical margins at radical prostatectomy in a randomised clinical trial?

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential to help the surgeon tailor radical prostatectomy (RP) more accurately according to the location and extent of the tumour and thereby reduce the rate of positive surgical margins (PSMs).

Objective: To evaluate the benefit of performing MRI prior to RP.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This single-institution randomised trial included 438 patients between December 2009 and June 2012 who were scheduled for robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy.

Five-year progression-free survival in 577 patients operated on with laparoscopic radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer.

Objective: Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) was introduced in the Department of Urology, Oslo University Hospital, in 2002. The aim of this study was to report mid-term oncology results and survival data.

Material And Methods: From February 2002 to November 2007, 582 consecutive patients with localized prostate cancer underwent LRP.