ELIGIBILITY FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY
Eligibility requirements for robotic surgery (with reference to prostate surgery):
(Roswell Park Cancer Institute, 2012)
- Medical history (using the ASA score to classify patients - an overall estimation of your physical health, based in part on whether there is systemic disease i.e. problems with one of the body’s main systems. ASA score ranges from I to IV. I means normal, healthy patient. IV means someone whose disease puts them at constant risk e.g. if he suffers from a combination of serious illnesses)
- Weight (using BMI)
- Age (whether you are too old to have surgery. Your life expectancy is calculated based on your age as well as other medical conditions)
(Roswell Park Cancer Institute, 2012)