Internal medicine

Sexual function

Radical retropubic prostatectomy

Quality of life (healthcare)

Prostate cancer

Cancer

Urology

Nursing

Surgery

Randomized controlled trial

International Prostate Symptom Score

Prostate

Prostatectomy

Urinary incontinence

Lower urinary tract symptoms

Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

Urinary continence

Medicine

The Lancet Oncology

Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and open radical retropubic prostatectomy yielded similar functional outcomes at 24 months. We advise caution in interpreting the oncological outcomes of our study because of the absence of standardisation in postoperative management between the two trial groups and the use of additional cancer treatments. Clinicians and patients should view the benefits of a robotic approach as being largely related to its minimally invasive nature.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy versus open radical retropubic prostatectomy: 24-month outcomes from a randomised controlled study