Robotic and laparoscopic radical cystectomy
Robot-assisted laparoscopic RC has emerged as a minimally invasive treatment modality and has led to significant
improvements in intraoperative blood loss and length of hospital stay [58]. The cited authors performed a prospec- tive study to compare open and robotic RC, and they observed that the overall complication rate was greater after the open procedure, although the difference was not statistically significant (62% vs 48%, p = 0.07).