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Robotic-assisted partial cystectomy for muscle invasive bladder cancer: Contemporary experience
Shaheen Alanee1, Ahmed El-Zawahry2
1Department of Urology, Michigan State University, The Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Objective:
To report our contemporary experience with robotic-assisted partial cystectomy (RAPC) for muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Methods:
This is a retrospective review of patients who underwent robotic-assisted partial cystectomy with us between 2013 and 2020 and provided ≥12 months of follow up.
Results And Limitations:
The median operative time for our 35 patients was 190 min (Interquartile range [IQR] 155-280). Four patients developed grade 3 or higher complications (ileus, pneumonia, and urethral stricture). At 12 months follow-up, the median IPSS score was 10 (IQR 7-11), and recurrence happened in seven patients (recurrence-free survival 80%). Five of the patients who developed recurrence died because of their disease, and two other patients died of causes unrelated to their cancer.
Conclusions:
We describe our technique, functional outcomes, and short-term follow up results in highly selected patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with RAPC.
