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ReviewThe Indian journal of surgery2015

Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy vs. Open Retropubic Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Xiu-Wu Pan, Xin-Ming Cui, Jing-Fei Teng, Dong-Xu Zhang, Zhi-Jun Wang, Fa-Jun Qu, Yi Gao, Xin-Gang Cui, Dan-Feng Xu

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Review in The Indian journal of surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Robotics in urology.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiu-Wu PanDepartment of Urologic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital of the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003 China.
Xin-Ming CuiDepartment of EENT & Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nangang Branch of Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, No. 405 Guogeli Street, Nangang District, Harbin, 150001 Heilongjiang China.
Jing-Fei TengDepartment of Urologic Surgery, General Hospital of Beijing Military Command, No. 5 Nanmencang, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700 China.
Dong-Xu ZhangDepartment of Urologic Surgery, First Hospital of Ningbo City, Affiliated Medical School of Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315010 Zhejiang China.
Zhi-Jun WangDepartment of Urologic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital of the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003 China.
Fa-Jun QuDepartment of Urologic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital of the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003 China.
Yi GaoDepartment of Urologic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital of the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003 China.
Xin-Gang CuiDepartment of Urologic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital of the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003 China.
Dan-Feng XuDepartment of Urologic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital of the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003 China.
Second Military Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Open retropubic radical prostatectomy (ORP) remains the "gold standard" for surgical treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa). Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is a robotic surgery used worldwide. The aim of this study is to collect the data available in the literature on RARP and ORP, and further evaluate the overall safety and efficacy of RARP vs. ORP for the treatment of clinically localized PCa. A literature search was performed using electronic databases between January 2009 and October 2013. Clinical data such as operation duration, transfusion rate, positive surgical margins (PSM), nerve sparing, 3- and 12-month urinary continence, and potency were pooled to carry out meta-analysis. Six studies were enrolled for this meta-analysis. The operation duration of RARP group was longer than that of ORP group (weighted mean difference = 64.84). There was no statistically significant difference in the transfusion rate, PSM rate, and between RARP and ORP (transfusion rate, OR = 0.30; PSM rate, OR = 0.94). No significant difference was seen in 3- and 12-month urinary continence recovery (3 months, OR = 1.32; 12 months, OR = 1.30). There was a statistically significant difference in potency between the 3- and 12-month groups (3 months, OR = 2.80; 12 months, OR = 1.70). RARP is a safe and feasible surgical technique for the treatment of clinically localized PCa owing to the advantages of fewer perioperative complications and quicker patency recovery.

Indexed as

Open retropubic radical prostatectomyProstate cancerRobot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Identifiers

PMID27011560
PMCPMC4775551
OpenAlexW2056538096

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