Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies reporting urinary continence recovery after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

European Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-417

  Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a,b   Novara, Giacomo ^a   Rosen, Raymond C ^c   Artibani, Walter ^d   Carroll, Peter R ^e   Costello, Anthony ^f   Menon, Mani ^g   Montorsi, Francesco ^h   Patel, Vipul R ⁱ   Stolzenburg, Jens Uwe ^j   Van Der Poel, Henk ^k   Wilson, Timothy G ^l   Zattoni, Filiberto ^a   Mottrie, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^k NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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

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Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Robotics

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84864486220     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.05.045     Document Type: Review

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