Research Briefs: Robotic And Laparoscopic Prostatectomy Prove Safe; CorPath Announces Post-Market Study Of Robot PCI System

Minimally invasive prostatectomy compares favorably to open surgery in analysis of contemporary practice data. Corindus launches post-market registry of CorPath 200 coronary intervention system

Analysis of a nationwide database suggests that minimally invasive radical prostatectomy significantly decreases the rates of blood transfusions, length of stay, perioperative complications and mortality compared with open prostatectomy, even though the less invasive approach takes more time.

The analysis of 5,319 radical prostatectomies, including 4,036 minimally invasive robotic or laparoscopic procedures and 1,283 open surgeries recorded in...

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