1. Robotic versus open radical cystectomy: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Leilei Xia, Xianjin Wang, Tianyuan Xu, Xiaohua Zhang, Zhaowei Zhu, Liang Qin, Xiang Zhang, Chen Fang, Minguang Zhang, Shan Zhong, and Zhoujun Shen
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
To critically review the currently available evidence of studies comparing robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) with open radical cystectomy (ORC).A comprehensive review of the literature from Pubmed, Web of Science and Scopus was performed in April 2014. All relevant studies comparing RARC with ORC were included for further screening. A pooled meta-analysis of all comparative studies was performed and publication bias was assessed by a funnel plot.Nineteen studies were included for the analysis, including a total of 1779 patients (787 patients in the RARC group and 992 patients in the ORC group). Although RARC was associated with longer operative time (p
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- 2015
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