GU Cast | Urology Podcast

Journal Club | Randomised surgical trials that did not change practice!

GU Cast | Urology Podcast

Show Notes

Open vs partial nephrectomy, and open vs robotic prostatectomy - two large randomised trials that did not change surgical practice! Just as important to examine these in GU Cast Journal Club as to examine pivotal trials that did change practice. Today we discuss the EORTC Today we discuss the EORTC 30904 RCT looking at kidney cancer surgery (Eur Urol 2011), and the Brisbane randomised trial of open vs robotic prostatectomy conducted (Lancet 2016). We are delighted to welcome back our GU Cas...

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