Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial of Robot-assisted Versus Conventional Open Partial Nephrectomy: The ROBOCOP II Study.

Journal: European urology oncology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is no evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and open partial nephrectomy (OPN).

Authors

  • Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski
    Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Manuel Neuberger
    Department of Urology and Urological Surgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
  • Marie Angela Sidoti Abate
    Department of Urology and Urological Surgery, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
  • Marietta Kirchner
    Institute of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Caelán Max Haney
    Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Fabian Siegel
    Department of Urology and Urosurgery, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; Heinrich-Lanz Center, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
  • Niklas Westhoff
    Department of Urology and Urosurgery, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
  • Maurice-Stephan Michel
    Department of Urology and Urological Surgery, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
  • Patrick Honeck
    Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
  • Philipp Nuhn
    Department of Urology and Urological Surgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
  • Maximilian Christian Kriegmair
    Department of Urology and Urologic Surgery, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.