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Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy compared with open and laparoscopic approaches: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Medline and Embase were searched for studies comparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with open prostatectomy and conventional laparoscopic prostatectomy. Random effects meta-analysis was used to calculate a pooled estimate of effect. The 95% prediction intervals are also reported. One randomized study and 50 observational studies were identified. The results show that compared with open surgery, robot-assisted surgery is associated with fewer positive surgical margins for pT2 tumors (relative risk 0.63, 95% confidence interval 0.49-0.81, P
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.od.......363..2ff14073c83fdec5c80bdbfe2f72bb47