Trial reportWorld journal of urology2024
Comparison of AirSeal versus conventional insufflation system for retroperitoneal robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in World journal of urology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- A comparison of COJournal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis compared the safety and effectiveness of the AirSeal system with traditional pneumoperitoneum systems in robot-assisted laparoscopic urologic surgery.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Perioperative management and challenges of robotic-assisted surgery: a narrative review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Impact of the AirSealJournal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Impact of intra-abdominal pressure with AirSealWorld journal of urology · 2025Article
- Enhanced recovery after surgery protocol optimizes results and cost of laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- Pneumomediastinum as a complication of robotic-assisted radical nephrectomy: A case report.Bladder (San Francisco, Calif.) · 2025Article
- Robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy outcomes with airseal® versus conventional insufflation: A single tertiary center comparative study.Therapeutic advances in urologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeAirSeal is a valve-less trocar insufflation system which is widely used in robotic urologic surgeries. More evidence is needed concerning the application and cost of AirSeal in retroperitoneal robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
methodsWe conducted a randomized controlled trial enrolling 62 patients who underwent retroperitoneal robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy from February 2022 to February 2023 in the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Patients were randomly assigned into AirSeal insufflation (AIS) group and conventional insufflation (CIS) group. The primary outcome was the rate of subcutaneous emphysema (SCE).
resultsThe SCE rate in the AIS group (12.9%) was significantly lower than that in the CIS group (35.5%) (P = 0.038). Lower maximum end-tidal carbon dioxide (CO
conclusionAirSeal insufflation system exhibited similar efficacy and improved safety for retroperitoneal robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy than conventional insufflation system, despite an affordable increase of hospitalization costs.
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