[Experience of day case robotic prostatectomy. About thirty-two patients]

To report a monocentric experience of outpatient management of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy using a rapid recovery protocol.

In this retrospective observational study, thirty-two patients underwent a prostatectomy by the same surgeon between February 2017 and September 2018 as part of an outpatient hospitalization. The surgery was a transperitoneal robot-assisted prostatectomy with a urinary catheter duration of 7 days. A satisfaction questionnaire on outpatient care and functional results was sent to all patient during follow-up.

Of the thirty-two patients initially planned for ambulatory care, two patients remained hospitalized overnight: the first at the request of his wife, the second because of severe nausea. Of the thirty ambulatory patients, nine (30%) required emergency attention in the days following their discharge, including one with Clavien complication IV. Seven patients would have preferred to be hospitalized one night, but twenty-six patients would recommend ambulatory care to one of their relatives, should they undergo prostatectomy. Oncological findings and functional are comparable to conventional hospitalization.

Radical prostatectomy can be performed routinely in an outpatient setting with no increase in morbidity or decrease in functional and oncological results, with a high patient-family satisfaction rate.

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