Daycase Robotic Surgery- The Future for Cancer Care

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men. Radical robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) is the standard technique to treat localised prostate cancer. Standard operating procedure dictates an overnight admission. Yet the technique is minimally invasive and patients operat...

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Published inDiversity and equality in health and care Vol. 13; no. 4
Main Author SS, Goonewardene
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Milton Keynes IMedPub 2016
Subjects
Cancer
Clinical medicine
Complications
Laparoscopy
Literature reviews
Prostate
Prostate cancer
Robotics
Surgery
Surgical outcomes
Urology
United Kingdom > UK
England
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Summary:Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men. Radical robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) is the standard technique to treat localised prostate cancer. Standard operating procedure dictates an overnight admission. Yet the technique is minimally invasive and patients operated on early in the list with no complications are fit for discharge by that evening. We review the literature on Daycase prostatectomies. The majority of patients have no complications and complications that do occur are minor. Based on these results, a new follow-up protocol is developed for Daycase radical robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy.
ISSN:2049-5471
2049-5471
2049-548X
DOI:10.21767/2049-5471.100067