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ArticleJournal of robotic surgery2025

Comparing outcomes of robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy by specialists and trainees using a modular training approach.

Zoe Williams, Jeremy Saad, Femi E Ayeni, Henry Wang, Wenjie Zhong, Rasha Gendy, Mohan Arianayagam, Bertram Canagasingham, Ahmed Goolam, Nicola Jeffery and 6 more

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Article in Journal of robotic surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Zoe WilliamsNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia. zrwilliams@outlook.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0862-0752
Jeremy SaadNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Femi E AyeniNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Henry WangNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Wenjie ZhongNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Rasha GendyNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Mohan ArianayagamNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Bertram CanagasinghamNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Ahmed GoolamNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Nicola JefferyNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Jonathan KamNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Mohamed KhadraNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Raymond KoNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Nicholas MehanNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Celalettin VarolNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.
Isaac ThangasamyNepean Urology Research Group, Sydney, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) is the dominant surgical approach for prostate cancer worldwide. The steep learning curve in robotic surgery is eased by modular training and the da Vinci Surgical System

Indexed as

ProstatectomyProstatic NeoplasmsRobotic Surgical ProceduresUrologyAgedAustraliaClinical CompetenceHumansLaparoscopyLearning CurveMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesTreatment OutcomeDual consoleModular trainingRobotic prostatectomyRobotic trainingSurgical educationSurgical training

Identifiers

PMID40358728
PMCPMC12075022

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