| Summary: | This video describes how to perform robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) and intracorporeal neobladder formation in male patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Use of this state of the art technique has been expanding rapidly, but it continues to be performed primarily by surgeons in tertiary referral centers. The aim of the video is accordingly to increase familiarity with the procedure on the basis of the lead author's extensive experience. The surgical techniques in males and females are not identical owing to differences with regard to both the anatomy of the pelvis and the reproductive organs that may be removed during the procedure. While this video focuses exclusively on RARC in males, a companion video describes RARC in females; both videos are subdivided into organ-preserving and non-organ-preserving RARC. As regards urinary diversion, the intracorporeal Studer-type neobladder technique is introduced.
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