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Review
. 2018 Apr-Jun;34(2):101-109.
doi: 10.4103/iju.IJU_355_17.

The current status of robot-assisted cystectomy

Stavros Ioannis Tyritzis  1   2 , Justin W Collins  1   2 , Nils Peter Wiklund  1   2
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Review

The current status of robot-assisted cystectomy

Stavros Ioannis Tyritzis et al. Indian J Urol. 2018 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

Robot-assistance is being increasingly used for radical cystectomy (RC). Fifteen years of surgical evolution might be considered a short period for a radical procedure to be established as the treatment of choice, but robot assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) is showing promising results when compared with the current gold standard, open RC (ORC). In this review, we describe the current status of RARC and continue the discussion on the on-going RARC versus ORC debate.

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