eprintid: 1560871 rev_number: 40 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/56/08/71 datestamp: 2017-06-30 12:34:29 lastmod: 2021-12-17 22:59:25 status_changed: 2017-11-02 12:10:21 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Khetrapal, P creators_name: Tan, WS creators_name: Lamb, B creators_name: Tan, M creators_name: Baker, H creators_name: Thompson, J creators_name: Sridhar, A creators_name: Kelly, JD creators_name: Briggs, T title: The Role of Robotics in the Invasive Management of Bladder Cancer ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D16 divisions: G88 keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Urology & Nephrology, Robotic cystectomy, Intracorporeal, Extracorporeal, Bladder cancer, Enhanced recovery, ASSISTED RADICAL CYSTECTOMY, EXTRACORPOREAL URINARY-DIVERSION, ENHANCED RECOVERY PROGRAM, LEARNING-CURVE, LAPAROSCOPIC CYSTECTOMY, CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS, INITIAL-EXPERIENCE, COLORECTAL SURGERY, OUTCOMES, COMPLICATIONS note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) has been adopted widely in many centres, owed largely to the success of robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). It aims to replicate the oncological outcomes of open radical cystectomy (ORC), while providing a shorter recovery period. Despite this, previous RCTs have failed to show a benefit for RARC over ORC. These trials have compared extracorporeal RARC (eRARC) with ORC, which requires a further incision to mobilise the bowel for urinary reconstruction with an open technique. For intracorporeal RARC (iRARC), this urinary reconstruction is performed robotically without further incisions. There are theoretical benefits to this approach such as reduced recovery time for the bowel and reduced ileus rates, but no level 1 evidence currently exists to support this. While there has been an improvement in patient outcomes since the adoption of RARC, various other factors, such as enhanced recovery programmes and surgical learning curve, have made it difficult to attribute this solely to the robotic approach as many centres performing ORC have also shown similar improvements. In this review, we will discuss implementation of RARC as well as perioperative measures that have helped improve outcomes, offer a comparison of outcomes between ORC and RARC and highlight upcoming RCTs that may offer new evidence for or against a paradigm shift in the future of bladder cancer surgery. date: 2017-06-20 date_type: published publisher: SPRINGER official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-017-0706-7 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1299545 doi: 10.1007/s11934-017-0706-7 lyricists_name: Kelly, John lyricists_name: Khetrapal, Pramit lyricists_name: Sridhar, Ashwin lyricists_name: Tan, Wei Shen lyricists_id: JDKEL61 lyricists_id: PKHET40 lyricists_id: ASRID01 lyricists_id: WSTAN49 full_text_status: public publication: Current Urology Reports volume: 18 article_number: 57 pages: 7 issn: 1527-2737 citation: Khetrapal, P; Tan, WS; Lamb, B; Tan, M; Baker, H; Thompson, J; Sridhar, A; ... Briggs, T; + view all <#> Khetrapal, P; Tan, WS; Lamb, B; Tan, M; Baker, H; Thompson, J; Sridhar, A; Kelly, JD; Briggs, T; - view fewer <#> (2017) The Role of Robotics in the Invasive Management of Bladder Cancer. Current Urology Reports , 18 , Article 57. 10.1007/s11934-017-0706-7 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-017-0706-7>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1560871/1/Kelly_%20management%20of%20bladder%20cancer.pdf