Robotic surgery for bladder cancer speeds recovery, reduces pain, and improves quality of life. It also significantly reduces risks such as blood clots and can preserve functions like sexual health.

Patients requiring intraoperative conversion from robotic-assisted radical cystectomy to open surgery have higher 90-day mortality rates and 30-day readmission rates. Intraoperative conversion from ...

Extended oral antibiotic prophylaxis eliminated UTIs after robot-assisted radical cystectomy procedures. Prophylactic antibiotics reduced overall infections by two-thirds and saved $9,000 per patient.

—A retrospective real-world study of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer showed that robot-assisted and laparoscopic radical cystectomy reduce post-surgical complication rates, compared to ...

Prophylactic tranexamic acid showed no reduction in blood transfusion rates in open radical cystectomy patients. The trial found no significant differences in secondary outcomes, including estimated ...

Trial findings bolster guideline recommendations limiting perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis to 24 hours or less for cystectomy with urinary diversion. Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis that ...

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