Robotic-assisted Versus Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: 12-month Outcomes of the Multicentre Randomised Controlled LAP-01 Trial.

Journal: European urology focus
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recently, our LAP-01 trial demonstrated superiority of robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP) over conventional laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) with respect to continence at 3 mo.

Authors

  • Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg
    Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Sigrun Holze
    Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Vinodh-Kumar-Adithyaa Arthanareeswaran
    Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Petra Neuhaus
    Clinical Trial Centre Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Hoang Minh Do
    Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Urology, Sana Hospital Borna, Borna, Germany.
  • Caelán Max Haney
    Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Anja Dietel
    Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Michael C Truss
    Department of Urology, Klinikum Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
  • Karin Daniela Stützel
    Department of Urology, Klinikum Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
  • Dogu Teber
    Department of Urology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Markus Hohenfellner
    From the Department of Radiology (D.B., P.S., J.P.R., P.K., K.Y., M.F., H.P.S.), Division of Medical Image Computing (S.K., M.G., N.G., K.H.M.H.), Division of Statistics (M.W.), and Department of Medical Physics (T.A.K., F.D.), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg 69120, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany (D.B., H.P.S., K.H.M.H.); and Departments of Urology (J.P.R., B.H., M.H., B.A.H.) and Neuroradiology (P.K.), University of Heidelberg Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Robert Rabenalt
    Department of Urology, University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany; Department of Urology, Marien Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.
  • Peter Albers
    Department of Urology, University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.
  • Meinhard Mende
    Clinical Trial Centre Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.