Differences in trends in the use of robot-assisted and open radical cystectomy and changes over time in peri-operative outcomes among selected centres in North America and Europe: an international multicentre collaboration.
Stefania ZamboniShahrokh F ShariatRomain MathieuEvanguelos XylinasMohammad AbufarajDavid d'AndreaWei Shen TanJohn D KellyGiuseppe SimoneMichele GallucciAnoop MeraneySuprita KrishnaBadrinath R KonetyAlessandro AntonelliClaudio SimeonePhilipp BaumeisterAgostino MatteiAlberto BrigantiAndrea GallinaFrancesco MontorsiMichael RinkAtiqullah AzizPierre I KarakiewiczMorgan RouprêtAnthony KoupparisDouglas S ScherrGuillaume PloussardPrasanna SooriakumaranShahrokh F ShariatMarco Moschininull nullPublished in: BJU international (2019)
The present study shows that the use of RARC has constantly increased since its introduction, overtaking ORC in the most contemporary series. While RARC was more frequently performed than ORC since its introduction in the North American centres and its use remained substantially stable over time, its use increased exponentially in the European centres. The different trends in use of RARC/ORC and changes over time in peri-operative outcomes between the North American and European centres can be attributed to the earlier introduction and spread of RARC in the former compared with the latter.