Outcomes over 20 years performing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: a single-surgeon experience

To evaluate a single surgeon’s 20-year experience with robotic radical prostatectomy. Patients who had undergone robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy by a single surgeon were identified via an IRB approved prospectively maintained prostate cancer database. Patients were divided into 5-year cohorts (cohort A 2001–2005; cohort B 2006–2010; cohort C 2011–2015; cohort D 2016–2021) for analysis. Oncologic and quality of life outcomes were recorded at the time of follow-up visits. Continence was defined as 0–1 pad with occasional dribbling. Potency was defined as intercourse or an erection sufficient for intercourse within the last 4 weeks. Three thousand one hundred fifty-two patients met criteria for inclusion. Clavien ≥ 3 complication rates decreased from 5.9