Purpose: To evaluate differences in health related quality of life and time to return to normal activities between patients treated with open radical prostatectomy (ORP) and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP).
Patients And Methods: Three hundred and two patients treated with RARP or ORP were prospectively enrolled. One year after surgery, patients received a questionnaire to evaluate social life, duration of being limited in daily and sexual life as well as satisfaction with the treatment.
Results: Both cohorts showed no differences in age, prostate specific-antigen-levels, Gleason score, prostate volume or T-stage (p > 0.05). Median blood loss was significant lower and the surgical time was significant higher in the RARP group. There were no significant differences regarding the duration of being limited in social or daily life or regarding the satisfaction with the treatment. The median time patients felt affected in their work was 2 months. There were no significant differences in terms of subjective global health status and HrQoL 3 months (p = 0.60 and p = 0.40) and 6 months (p = 0.30 and p = 0.20) after surgery.
Conclusion: The present study confirms significant perioperative benefits for patients undergoing RARP compared to ORP. However, there is no difference in HrQoL as well as in the time to return to normal activities between patients treated with RARP and ORP.
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