The Evolving Use of Robotic Surgery

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Laparoscopic Surgery; Procedure: Open Surgery; Procedure: Robotic Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05211128

2019 0990 194 000

Details and patient eligibility

About

A retrospective, population-based analysis examining the rates of robotic surgery between the years of 2009 - 2018.

Full description

A retrospective, population-based analysis examining the rates of robotic surgery in Ontario between the years of 2009 - 2018. The purposes of the study were (i) to describe temporal trends and (ii) patient- and system-level determinants of receiving robotic compared to open or laparoscopic surgery.

Enrollment: 123,074 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Minimum 18 years old
• Received an elective radical prostatectomy, total hysterectomy, partial nephrectomy, or thoracic lobectomy using an open, laparoscopic or robotic approach between 2008-2018

Exclusion criteria

• Non-Ontario residents
• Non-elective procedure
• Patients without OHIP eligibility
• Patients who had an identical procedure in the previous two years

Trial design

123,074 participants in 4 patient groups

Radical prostatectomies

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic Surgery

Procedure: Open Surgery

Procedure: Robotic Surgery

Total hysterectomies

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic Surgery

Procedure: Open Surgery

Procedure: Robotic Surgery

Thoracic lobectomies

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic Surgery

Procedure: Open Surgery

Procedure: Robotic Surgery

Partial nephrectomies

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic Surgery

Procedure: Open Surgery

Procedure: Robotic Surgery