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ReviewResearch and reports in urology2023

Robot-assisted Surgery in the Field of Urology: The Most Pioneering Approaches 2015-2023.

Antonio Franco, Francesco Ditonno, Celeste Manfredi, Andrew D Johnson, Avinash Mamgain, Oren Feldman-Schultz, Carol L Feng, Antony A Pellegrino, Maria Carmen Mir, Francesco Porpiglia and 4 more

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Review in Research and reports in urology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

14 authors.

Antonio FrancoDepartment of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Francesco DitonnoDepartment of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Celeste ManfrediDepartment of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Andrew D JohnsonDepartment of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Avinash MamgainDepartment of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Oren Feldman-SchultzDepartment of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Carol L FengDepartment of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Antony A PellegrinoDepartment of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Maria Carmen MirDepartment of Urology, Hospital Universitario La Ribera, Valencia, Spain.
Francesco PorpigliaDepartment of Oncology, Division of Urology, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Italy.
Simone CrivellaroDepartment of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Cosimo De NunzioDepartment of Urology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Alexander K ChowDepartment of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Riccardo AutorinoDepartment of Urology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Robot-assisted surgery has emerged as a transformative technology, revolutionizing surgical approaches and techniques that decades ago could barely be imagined. The field of urology has taken charge in pioneering a new era of minimally invasive surgery with the ascent of robotic systems which offer enhanced visualization, precision, dexterity, and enabling surgeons to perform intricate maneuvers with improved accuracy. This has led to improved surgical outcomes, including reduced blood loss, lower complication rates, and faster patient recovery. The aim of our review is to present an evidence-based critical analysis on the most pioneering robotic urologic approaches described over the last eight years (2015-2023).

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image-guided surgeryminimally invasiverobot-assistedrobotic urologic surgerysingle port robot

Identifiers

PMID37842031
PMCPMC10575039

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