title: Robotic-Assisted Simple Prostatectomy: An Overview.
abstract: Despite widespread use of medical therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia, a need remains for robust surgical therapy in select patients. Robotic-assisted simple prostatectomy (RASP) is an efficacious and safe therapy for patients with bladder outlet obstruction owing to large volume prostates. Data from 13 published cohorts suggest functional outcomes equivalent to open simple prostatectomy with substantially decreased length of hospital stay and risk of transfusion. However, there are few longer term data.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urologic Oncology, Department of Urology, Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, #0987, La Jolla, CA 92093-0987, USA.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.affiliation: Division of Urologic Oncology, Department of Urology, Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, #0987, La Jolla, CA 92093-0987, USA. Electronic address: k0parsons@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: J Kellogg
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Parsons
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061646:Operative Time; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Minimally invasive; Robotic surgery; Simple prostatectomy