Nimish Shah undertook 177 robotic assisted radical prostatectomy surgeries in 2018, consistently being one of the highest volume surgeons in the UK since 2016. He has now performed well over 1400 robotic radical prostatectomy surgeries. All his cases have been uploaded to the BAUS national audit. Below is a summary of his patient population who underwent radical prostatectomy in 2018.
One of the markers of cancer clearance is the positive margin (presence of cancer cells at the limit of prostate gland excision) rate and the funnel plot below demonstrates Nimish Shah’s positive margin rate in 2018 overall was 14.1% compared to the national average 27.8%.
His blood transfusion rate was 0 %, and overall complication rate was 2.3% compared to a national average of 6.8% and hospital stay typically one night (96%). Nimish continues to treat patients from across England, Jersey and Northern Ireland.