Open Versus Robotic Cystectomy: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis Comparing Survival Outcomes
Moschini M, Zamboni S, Soria F, Mathieu R, Xylinas E, Tan W, Kelly J, Simone G, Meraney A, Krishna S, Konety B, Mattei A, Baumeister P, Mordasini L, Montorsi F, Briganti A, Gallina A, Stabile A, Sanchez-Salas R, Cathelineau X, Rink M, Necchi A, Karakiewicz P, Rouprêt M, Koupparis A, Kassouf W, Scherr D, Ploussard G, Boorjian S, Lotan Y, Sooriakumaran P, Shariat S. Open Versus Robotic Cystectomy: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis Comparing Survival Outcomes. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2019, 8: 1192. PMID: 31395826, PMCID: PMC6722857, DOI: 10.3390/jcm8081192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRobot-assisted radical cystectomyOpen radical cystectomyCancer-specific mortalitySurvival outcomesRadical cystectomyPropensity score matchingBladder cancerPatients treated with robot-assisted radical cystectomyAssociation of surgical techniqueLong-term survival outcomesCancer-specific mortality ratesMultivariate Cox regression analysisMultivariate competing risk analysisOpen radical cystectomy patientsRobot-assisted radical cystectomy patientsBilateral pelvic lymphadenectomyCompare survival outcomesMedian follow-upUrothelial bladder cancerScore matchingCox regression analysisPropensity-matched cohortCompeting risk analysisPelvic lymphadenectomyMulticentre cohort