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SynthesisJournal of robotic surgery2025

Current status of single port robotic-assisted reconstructive urology: a systematic review, meta-analysis and structured summary of the available literature.

Valerio Santarelli, Fabio Maria Valenzi, Hakan Bahadır Haberal, Luca A Morgantini, Arianna Biasatti, Muhannad Aljoulani, Filippo Carletti, Alexandru Turcan, Flavia Tamborino, Francesco Del Giudice and 3 more

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Synthesis 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 11 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  11. Single Port Robotic Extraperitoneal Distal Ureterectomy and Ureteral Reimplantation via Lower Anterior Approach.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Valerio SantarelliDepartment of Maternal-Infant and Urological Sciences, "Sapienza" Rome University, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, 00185, Rome, Italy. va.santarelli@uniroma1.it.
Fabio Maria ValenziDepartment of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Hakan Bahadır HaberalDepartment of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Luca A MorgantiniDepartment of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Arianna BiasattiUrological Clinic, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, 34149, Trieste, Italy.
Muhannad AljoulaniDepartment of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Filippo CarlettiDepartment of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Alexandru TurcanDepartment of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Flavia TamborinoDepartment of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Francesco Del GiudiceDepartment of Maternal-Infant and Urological Sciences, "Sapienza" Rome University, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Stefano SalcicciaDepartment of Maternal-Infant and Urological Sciences, "Sapienza" Rome University, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Alessandro SciarraDepartment of Maternal-Infant and Urological Sciences, "Sapienza" Rome University, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Simone CrivellaroDepartment of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single Port (SP) surgery is the most relevant surgical innovation of the past six years. Few data are available on the advantages and disadvantages of SP Robotic-Assisted reconstructive urology. In the present systematic review, we summarize the results of available literature exploring the feasibility of SP reconstructive urological procedures and comparing the SP and Multi Port (MP) approaches. The MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Library Databases were systematically searched for articles evaluating outcomes of SP robotic-assisted pyeloplasty, ureteral reimplantation, Boari Flap, fistula repair, bladder diverticulectomy and vaginoplasty. After meticulous study selection, we conducted a meta-analysis to compare perioperative and postoperative outcomes of SP and MP robotic-assisted pyeloplasty (SP-RP and MP-RP). Regarding ureteric reimplantation, Boari Flap, bladder diverticulectomy, fistula repair and vaginoplasty, we underwent a structured narrative synthesis, since meta-analysis was not feasible due to heterogeneity or insufficient study numbers. The meta-analysis included a total of six retrospective cohort studies and 202 patients. SP-RP demonstrated significantly lower Estimated Blood Loss (EBL) (SMD - 0.45, 95%CI - 0.80 to  - 0.09, p = 0.01, I

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Plastic Surgery ProceduresRobotic Surgical ProceduresUrologic Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansTreatment OutcomeUreterMeta-AnalysisPyeloplastyReconstructive urologyRobotic SurgerySingle PortSystematic Review

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PMID40613997
PMCPMC12227456

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