Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies reporting oncologic outcome after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

European Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 382-404

  Novara, Giacomo ^a   Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a,b   Mocellin, Simone ^a   Ahlering, Thomas E ^c   Carroll, Peter R ^d   Graefen, Markus ^e   Guazzoni, Giorgio ^f   Menon, Mani ^g   Patel, Vipul R ^h   Shariat, Shahrokh F ⁱ   Tewari, Ashutosh K ⁱ   Van Poppel, Hendrik ^j   Zattoni, Filiberto ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^f   Mottrie, Alexandre ^b   Rosen, Raymond C ^k   Wilson, Timothy G ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Global Robotic Institute at Florida Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^k NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^l CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Robotics

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864442982     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.05.047     Document Type: Review

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