Mirrored port placement for robotic radical prostatectomy with the Hugo RAS™ System: initial experience

Abstract

Herein we report our first experience with Hugo RAS™ proposing a mirrored approach with different angles. Two experienced surgeons performed 10 prostatectomies (six with the standard approach and four with the mirrored one). The median docking time was 12.5 (IQR 12-15) vs. 13.5 (IQR 12-20) minutes. The median console time was 229 (174-245) vs. 172 (IQR 164-191) minutes. None of the procedures required conversion to open surgery. The study proves the versatility of the Hugo RAS™ to perform robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with two different docking angles and might be useful for novel users to adopt the preferred approach.