Robot-assisted vs open retropubic radical prostatectomy: a propensity score-matched comparative analysis based on 15 years and 18,805 patients.

Journal: World journal of urology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To compare oncological, functional, and surgical outcomes of a large cohort of patients who underwent open retropubic radical prostatectomy (ORP) or robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP).

Authors

  • Francesca Ambrosini
    Department of Urology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy - f. ambrosini1@gmail.com.
  • Sophie Knipper
    Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Derya Tilki
    Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Department of Urology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: d.tilki@uke.de.
  • Hans Heinzer
    Martini-Clinic Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Georg Salomon
    Martini Klinik-Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Uwe Michl
    Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Thomas Steuber
    Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Randi M Pose
    Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Lars Budäus
    Sami-Ramzi Leyh-Bannurah, Dirk Pehrke, Hartwig Huland, Markus Graefen, and Lars Budäus, Prostate Cancer Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Sami-Ramzi Leyh-Bannurah, Margit Fisch, and Guido Sauter, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg; Ulrich Wolffgang, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany; and Zhe Tian and Pierre I. Karakiewicz, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
  • Tobias Maurer
    Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Carlo Terrone
    Department of Urology, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
  • Pierre Tennstedt
    Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Markus Graefen
    Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Alexander Haese
    Martini-Clinic, Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.