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Surgical Avoidance and Management of Operative Complications

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Open radical cystectomy is associated with overall complication rates approaching 70 % when utilizing strict reporting criteria. There is increasing popularity in the use of robotic assistance when performing radical cystectomy with the goal of decreasing patient morbidity through minimally invasive surgery. In this chapter, we will briefly review perioperative and postoperative outcomes while focusing on the avoidance and management of complications during robot-assisted radical cystectomy.

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  1. Department of Urology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Angela Smith M.D. & Michael Woods M.D.

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  1. Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

    Erik P. Castle

  2. Department of Urology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Raj S. Pruthi

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Smith, A., Woods, M. (2014). Surgical Avoidance and Management of Operative Complications. In: Castle, E., Pruthi, R. (eds) Robotic Surgery of the Bladder. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4906-5_16

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