The robot-assisted approach to radical prostatectomy has enabled same-day discharge. A substantial concern associated with this practice could be haemorrhage, but sound and thorough robot-assisted radical prostatectomy haemostasis surgical techniques that were introduced to prevent bleeding mitigate this phenomenon.
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Wald, G., Winograd, J., Farha, M. et al. Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy haemostasis techniques and outcomes. Nat Rev Urol 22, 407–408 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-024-00978-5
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