Robotic prostatectomy confirmed to hold significant advantages over open surgery in a Victorian audit

In a study of over 5500 men undergoing radical prostatectomy over a three year period in Victoria, the outcomes of open, laparoscopic, and robotic surgery were compared.  Men who had robotic surgery recovered significantly faster, with hospital stay 2-3 days less than open surgery, and required far fewer blood transfusions (2% compared to 17% in private hospitals).  Using economic modeling these advantages can be shown to offset the increased costs of robotic surgery in high volume centres.

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1. Basto M, Sathianathan N, Marvelde LT, Ryan S, Goad J, Lawrentschuk N, Costello AJ, Moon D, Heriot A, Butler J, Murphy DG.  A patterns of care and health economic analysis of robotic radical prostatectomy in the Australian public health system.  BJU Int (In Press, epub Sep 9 2015) ​