The "Natural History" of Evidence on Radical Prostatectomy: What Have 20 Years of Robots Given Us?

Journal: European urology focus
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Abstract

Diverse pressures and influences have determined these two decades of radical prostatectomy history. Our novel methodology, reverse systematic review, has revealed that robotic technology was able to smother the pure laparoscopic and open techniques and transform the evidence landscape, despite the lack of robust genuine advantages beyond those brought by the laparoscopic technique.

Authors

  • Tomás Bernardo Costa Moretti
    UroScience, State University of Campinas, Unicamp and Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
  • Leonardo Oliveira Reis
    UroScience Laboratory, University of Campinas, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, São Paulo 126-13083-887, Brazil.