title: Feasibility and safety of robot-assisted salvage prostatectomy for recurrent prostate cancer following radiation therapy.
abstract: We report a comparison of perioperative complications and pathologic outcomes in patients with locally radiorecurrent prostate cancer treated by open radical retropubic or robot-assisted prostatectomy. The results of our study demonstrate that both surgical approaches were feasible and safe without any significant perioperative complications (death, rectal injury) with comparable short-term outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center, Room 3875, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0330, USA. simkim@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Simon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center, Room 3875, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0330, USA.
authors.forename: Brent K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Hollenbeck
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center, Room 3875, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0330, USA.
authors.forename: Walter R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center, Room 3875, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0330, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Labo
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center, Room 3875, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0330, USA.
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Wood
keywords: Open and robot-assisted salvage prostatectomy; Outcomes; Recurrent prostate cancer