Systematic review and meta-analysis of perioperative outcomes and complications after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

European Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-452

  Novara, Giacomo ^a   Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a,b   Rosen, Raymond C ^c   Artibani, Walter ^d   Costello, Anthony ^e   Eastham, James A ^f   Graefen, Markus ^g   Guazzoni, Giorgio ^h   Shariat, Shahrokh F ⁱ   Stolzenburg, Jens Uwe ^j   Van Poppel, Hendrik ^k   Zattoni, Filiberto ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^h   Mottrie, Alexandre ^b   Wilson, Timothy G ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^h VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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

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Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Robotics

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CATHETERIZATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCISION; JOB EXPERIENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOCELE; LYMPHORREA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; NEURAPRAXIA; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; RECTUM INJURY; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME; URETHRA; URINE LEAK; URINE RETENTION; WOUND COMPLICATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864460970     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.05.044     Document Type: Review

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