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01/Jul/2010
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082010MD1558
ABSTRACT Considering the Health Care System in Brazil, a developing country, and public healthcare policies, robotic surgery is a reality to very few citizens. Therefore, robotic assisted radical prostatectomy is far removed from the daily practice of the vast majority of Brazilian urologists. Scientific evidence of the superiority of robotic assisted radical prostatectomy does not presently justify public investments for widespread development of robotic centers. Maybe over time and with reductions in costs, robotic technology will become a more established […]
Keywords: Health care costs; Prostatectomy/methods; Prostatic neoplasms/surgery; Robotics