Positive surgical margin and perioperative complication rates of primary surgical treatments for prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing …

A Tewari, P Sooriakumaran, DA Bloch… - European urology, 2012 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Radical prostatectomy (RP) approaches have rarely been compared adequately
with regard to margin and perioperative complication rates. OBJECTIVE: Review the …

Laparoscopic versus robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy for the treatment of localised prostate cancer: a systematic review

C Allan, D Ilic - Urologia internationalis, 2016 - karger.com
Background: Prostate cancer is a prominent form of cancer diagnosed in men living in
developed countries, for which radical prostatectomy is a common frontline treatment. The …

EAU guidelines on robotic and single-site surgery in urology

AS Merseburger, TRW Herrmann, SF Shariat, I Kyriazis… - European urology, 2013 - Elsevier
Context This is a short version of the European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines on
robotic and single-site surgery in urology, as created in 2013 by the EAU Guidelines Office …

Positive surgical margins after robotic assisted radical prostatectomy: a multi-institutional study

VR Patel, RF Coelho, B Rocco, M Orvieto… - The Journal of …, 2011 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Positive surgical margins are an independent predictive factor for biochemical
recurrence after radical prostatectomy. We analyzed the incidence of and associative factors …

Costs of diagnostic assessment for lung cancer: a medicare claims analysis

T Lokhandwala, MA Bittoni, RA Dann, AO D'Souza… - Clinical lung cancer, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the diagnostic costs leading up to a lung cancer diagnosis in patients
with abnormal computed tomography (CT) scans. Patients and Methods A retrospective …

The first national examination of outcomes and trends in robotic surgery in the United States

JE Anderson, DC Chang, JK Parsons… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: There are few population-based data describing outcomes of robotic-
assisted surgery. We compared outcomes of robotic-assisted, laparoscopic, and open …

Anatomic grading of nerve sparing during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

O Schatloff, S Chauhan, A Sivaraman, D Kameh… - European urology, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Because of the lack of intraoperative visual cues, the amount of nerve
sparing (NS) intended by the surgeon does not always correspond to what is actually …

Robotic liver resection for malignancy: Current status, oncologic outcomes, comparison to laparoscopy, and future applications

LM Ocuin, A Tsung - Journal of surgical oncology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Utilization of robotic techniques for resection of the liver is slowly gaining acceptance in
specific situations and is now being applied to more challenging endeavors, such as major …

Delivering high‐tech, AI‐based health care at Apollo Hospitals

Y Agarwal, M Jain, S Sinha… - Global Business and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
With a population of more than 1.3 billion people, India has a rapidly growing need for
health care, particularly in rural areas. Along with a widespread increase in the incidence of …

Comparisons of the perioperative, functional, and oncologic outcomes after robot-assisted versus pure extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

G Ploussard, A de la Taille, M Moulin, D Vordos… - European urology, 2014 - Elsevier
Background In spite of the increasing use of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RALP)
worldwide, no level 1 evidence-based benefit favouring RALP versus pure laparoscopic …