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Robotic radical prostatectomy in 93 cases: Outcomes of the first ERUS robotic urology curriculum trained surgeon in Turkey

Fevzi Bedir 1 , Murat Keske 2 , Şaban Oğuz Demirdöğen 1 , Hüseyin Kocatürk 1 , Erdem Koç 3 , Abdullah Erdem Canda 4 , Ali Fuat Atmaca 5
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Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Erzurum Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey

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Clinic of Urology, Kayseri City Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

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Clinic of Urology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Urology, Koç University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

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Clinic of Urology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Urology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Urol Res Pract 2019; 45: 183-188
DOI: 10.5152/tud.2019.24444
Keywords : ERUS; outcomes; robotic radical prostatectomy; training
Read: 3447 Downloads: 704 Published: 25 July 2019
Volume 45, Issue 3, May 2019
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Abstract

 

Objective: This study presents the surgical, oncological, and functional outcomes of the first 93 robotic radical prostatectomy (RARP) procedures performed in Erzurum, Turkey. These procedures were performed by a single surgeon who had completed the European Association of Urology Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) RARP curriculum in an ERUS-certified training center in Ankara.

 

Material and methods: The study present the results of 93 RARP procedures performed by a single surgeon. The surgeon performing the operations completed an ERUS training program structured for RARP by two robotic surgeons holding ERUS training certificates in an ERUS-approved academic robotic surgery training center in Ankara.The RARP cases performed by the surgeon after completion of the training between April 2016 and August 2018 were retrospectively evaluated.

 

Results: The mean patient age was 63.62±7.04 years, and the mean preoperative serum prostate-specific antigen level was 8.34±4.96 ng/mL. Preoperatively, 82 and 4 patients had prostate biop­sy Gleason scores of 3+3 and 4+3, respectively. Bilateral neurovascular bundle (NVB) sparing, unilateral NVB-sparing, and non-NVB-sparing surgery were performed in 21, 13, and 59 cases, respectively. The mean prostate weight was 85.34±47.57 g. Posterior rhabdosphincter reconstruction was performed in 60 (64.5%) cases. Mean console time, intraoperative blood loss, duration of hospital stay, and urethral catheter removal time were 170.49±36.50 min, 100.70±34.08 cc, 6.84±2.28 days, and 7.40±3.11 days, respectively. During the perioperative period (0–30 days), five minor (prolonged drain output, n=3; rectocele, n=1; gout arthritis, n=1) and six major (inguinal hernia, n=1; incisional hernia, n=2; anastomotic urinary leakage, n=2; myocardial infarction, n=1) complications were identified. No complication was detected during postoperative days 31–90. Postoperative pathological stages included pT2a, pT2b, and pT2c disease in 77 (82.8%), 9 (9.7%), and 7 (7.5%) patients, respectively. The positive surgical margin (SM) rate was 10.7% (n=10), including patients with pT2a (n=6) and pT2c (n=2) diseases. Eleven (11.8%) patients underwent pelvic lymph node (LN) dissection. The mean LN yield was 16.45±4.29. The mean length of follow-up was 11.17±8.01 months. Biochemical recurrence was observed in two patients, one of whom received maximal androgen blockage (MAB), and the other one received pelvic radiotherapy+MAB. All the patients with at least one-year follow-up (n=48, 51.6%) were fully continent (0 pads/day). Of the 40 (43%) patients with no preoperative erectile dysfunction (ED) and with at least three-month follow-up, 18 (45%) had no ED, with or without any additional medication including phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors.

 

Conclusion: RARP is a safe minimally invasive procedure with acceptable morbidity, excellent operative, pathological and oncological outcomes, and satisfactory functional results. The ERUS RARP curriculum provides effective and sufficient training.

 

Cite this article as: Bedir F, Keske M, Demirdöğen ŞO, Kocatürk H, Koç E, Canda AE, et al. Robotic radical prostatectomy in 93 cases: Outcomes of the first ERUS robotic urology curriculum trained surgeon in Turkey. Turk J Urol 2019; 45(3): 183-8.

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