A progress report on a prospective randomised trial of open and robotic prostatectomy

Authors/Creators

Robert A. Gardiner, Edith Cowan University
Geoffrey D. Coughlin
John W. Yaxley
Nigel T. Dunglison
Stefano Occhipinti
Sandra J. Younie
Rob C. Carter
Scott G. Williams
Robyn J. Medcraft
Hema M. Samaratunga
Joanna L. Perry-Keene
Dianne J. Payton
Martin F. Lavin
Suzanne K. Chambers, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Abstract

There is an urgent need to evaluate new surgical technologies before or during their introduction. Historically, this has often not occurred, and many surgical developments have not been well evaluated, including robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). In this paper, we report the commencement of a successful randomised clinical trial of open versus robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

RAS ID

18322

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

1-1-2014

Faculty

Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School

Health and Wellness Institute

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

Elsevier

Comments

Gardiner R.A., Coughlin G.D., Yaxley J.W., Dunglison N.T., Occhipinti S., Younie S.J., Carter R.C., Williams S.G., Medcraft R.J., Samaratunga H.M., Perry-Keene J.L., Payton D.J., Lavin M.F., Chambers S.K. (2014). A progress report on a prospective randomised trial of open and robotic prostatectomy. European Urology, 65(3), 512-515. Available here