This ‘Journal Watch’ summarizes the study titled “Open Radical Cystectomy Versus Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy with Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion: Early Outcomes of a Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial” , published in The Journal of Urology, 2022. Authors: Riccardo Mastroianni, Mariaconsiglia Ferriero, Gabriele Tuderti, Umberto Anceschi, Alfredo Maria Bove, Aldo Brassetti, Leonardo Misuraca, Ashanti Zampa, Giulia Torregiani, Edoardo Ghiani, Diana Giannarelli, Salvatore Guaglianone, Michele Gallucci, and Giuseppe Simone.
Rationale of the study Despite the reigning popularity of minimally invasive robotic surgeries in the current times, radical cystectomy (RC) is still the reference option for genitourinary cancers, which are invasive and associated with significant morbidity. The available literature for the management of genitourinary cancers is characterized by open…
