[Robot-assisted cystectomy and urinary diversion, new standard of care ? What are the benefits ?]

Radical cystectomy with urinary diversion is the surgical treatment of invasive bladder cancer. Functional impairment is another indication. Robotic technique slowly started 15 years ago but its benefit remains questionable. We present the results of around thirty patients who underwent robotic cystectomy (RC) between 2016 and 2019 and were compared to an open cystectomy (OC) group. While this series is finishing its implementation phase, the results show that RC is equivalent to OC in terms of oncologic control as well as for the overall complication rate. Moreover, blood loss and the hospital length of stay are inferior for RC patients. These results participate to the actual trend towards putative further validation of RC.